Amynthas aeruginosus ( Kinberg, 1867 )

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 : 600

3. Amynthas aeruginosus ( Kinberg, 1867)

Amyntas aeruginosus Kinberg, 1867: 101 . [Type locality: Guam, Marianas Islands. Types in Stockholm Museum: 154].? Perichaeta upoluensis Beddard, 1887: 174 , Pl V, figs. 11–12; Perichaeta oeriginosa (? lapsus pro aeruginosa) Beddard, 1891: 278. Pheretima aeruginosus : Michaelsen, 1900: 253 (syn. oeriginosa [sic]); Cognetti, 1913b: 37.? Pheretima rennellana Gates, 1959: 11 . [Type locality, Hutuna, Lake Te-Nggano, Rennell. Types in British Museum, 1957: 11: 5: 25–26]. Amynthas aeruginosus (part): Sims and Easton, 1972: 211 (?syn. A. upoluensis , A. rennellanus ); Lee, 1981: 542, figs. 2–6 (?syn. A. upoluensis ); Blakemore, 1997: 22, fig. 2 (part = A rennellanus ).

Distribution: PR ( Sautter et al., 2006): Prudentópolis (Brown et al., 2006; Brawn and James, 2006) ( Figure 1B ).

Further distribution: Pacific Ocean ( Michaelsen, 1900a; Blakemore, 2010).

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).