Hyperiodrilus africanus (Beddard, 1891)

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

2. Hyperiodrilus africanus (Beddard, 1891)

Distribution: West and Central Africa: from Nigeria, Ghana, and Ivory Coast to Chiloango River in “Portuguese Congo ” ( Blakemore, 2010); Pontas de Pedras, PE, Brazil ( Righi, 1972; Brown et al., 2006) ( Figure 1A ).

Family MEGASCOLECIDAE Rosa, 1891

Genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867

Type: Amynthas aeruginosus Kinberg, 1867

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).