Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892)

Assis, José Eriberto De, Botelho, José Roberto, Souza, Botelho, Martins, Maria Laís, Vieira, Martins, Souza, João Vitor Nunes De, Rodrigues, Gilberto Gonçalves & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2017, A catalogue of the Eudrilidae and Megascolecidae (Clitellata: Lumbricina) from South America, with two new records of exotic species from Brazil, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (4), pp. 599-614 : 603

6. Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892)

Perichaeta morrisi Beddard, 1892 a (July): 166, Pl. IX, fig. 1;? Perichaeta barbadensis (?part “a” and/or “c”) Beddard, 1892a (July): 167, Pl. IX, fig. 7;? Perichaeta mauritiana Beddard, 1892 a: 170;? Perichaeta pallida Michaelsen, 1892 (Sept.): 227;? Perichaeta amazonica Rosa, 1894: 14 ;? Perichaeta sanctijacobi Beddard, 1895: 239 ;? Perichaeta insulae Beddard, 1896: 516 ;? Perichaeta cupulifera Fedarb, 1898: 445 , fig. 1; Amynthas barbadensis : Michaelsen, 1900: 254 (syn. pallida Michaelsen, 1892: 227 , amazonica Rosa, 1894:14 , sanctijacobi Beddard, 1895: 61 , cupulifera Fedarb, 1898: 445 ); Pheretima hawayana lineata Gates, 1926: 154 ; 1931: 384–386, fig. 24; Pheretima elongata : Ohfuchi, 1956: 148; Pheretima exiloides : Ohfuchi, 1956: 142; Pheretima morrisi : Michaelsen, 1900: 287.

Amynthas morrisi : Sims and Easton, 1972: 236, figs. 1A, 1H; Easton, 1981: 55 (syn. exiloides : Ohfuchi, elongata : Ohfuchi); Easton, 1982: 729, fig. 4c; Sims and Gerard, 1985: 132, fig. 47a (syn. barbadensis , mauritiana ); Blakemore, 2002, 2008; Chang et al., 2009: 60, fig. 26.

Distribution: CHI ( Zicsi, 1993): Santiago: Quinta Normal ( Beddard, 1895). ARG ( Mischis, 2004; Mischis and Herrera, 2006): Tucumán Prov. ( Teisaire and Roldán, 1995; Alderete-De-Majo, 2002 a, 2002 b, 2002c, 2003a, 2003b); Santa Fé Prov. ( Ljungström et al., 1973): La Capital ( Righi, 1978); Buenos Aires Prov. ( Righi, 1979); Córdoba ( Mischis, 1993): Sierra Chicas (Mischis, 1999); Catamarca Prov.: Las Pirquitas Ville ( Mischis and Righi, 1999). PER ( Righi, 1979). PER: Tumbes Prov.: Negritos ( Gates, 1954, 1972; Fragoso and Brown, 2007; Römbke, 2007); Pichincha Prov.: Cunuyacu ( Zicsi and Csuzdi, 1988). BRA ( Cernosvitov, 1934): RS ( Michaelsen, 1927; Knäpper, 1972b; Knäpper and Porto, 1979; Krabbe et al., 1993); Lageado ( Righi and Knäpper, 1965); Novo Hamburgo ( Knäpper, 1967); Santo Ângelo; Santa Cruz do Sul; Nova Petrópolis; Ivoti; Caxias do Sul; Estância Velha; São Leopoldo. Sapucaio; Tramandaí ( Knäpper, 1972a); Camaquã Mun. ( Lima and Rodriguez, 2007); PR ( Chang, 1997; Sautter et al., 2006); Curitiba (Brown et al., 2006); SP (Brown and James, 2006; James and Brown, 2006); BA: Salvador ( Righi, 1971); AM: Manaus ( Michaelsen, 1927) ( Figure 1D ).

Further distribution: Barbados to North America, Europe, South Atlantic Oceanic islands, Africa, Asia, Hawaii ( Righi, 1979), and Australia ( Easton, 1982).

Figures

Figure 1. Geographical distribution in South America of exotic Eudrilidae (A) and Megascolecidae (B–D) species: A) Eudrilus euganiae (circle), and Hyperiodrilus africanus (star); B) Amynthas aeruginosus (circle), and Amynthas corticis (square); C) Amynthas gracilis (triangle); D) Amynthas morrisi (star) and Amynthas robustus (circle) (new record from Brazil).