Amynthas corticis ( 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 : 600-602

4. Amynthas corticis ( Kinberg, 1867)

Perichaetacorticis Kinberg,1867; Megascolex (Perichaeta) diffringens Baird, 1869 ; Perichaeta subquadrangula Grube, 1877 ; Perichaeta sp. Horst, 1878; Megascolex indicus Horst, 1883 ; Perichaeta peregrina Fletcher, 1886 ;? Perichaeta mirabilis Bourne, 1887 ;? Perichaeta sp. Garmann, 1888; Perichaeta heterochaeta Michaelsen, 1891 ;? Perichaeta ijimae Rosa, 1891 ; Perichaeta nipponica Beddard, 1892 ;? Perichaeta perkinsi Beddard, 1896 ;? Perichaeta molokaiensis Beddard, 1896 ; Perichaeta heteropoda Goto & Hatai, 1898 ; Pheretima marenzelleri Cognetti, 1906 ;? Pheretima silvestrii Cognetti, 1909 ; Pheretima divergens yunnanensis Stephenson, 1912 ;? Pheretima indica var. cameroni Stephenson, 1932 ;? Pheretima sheni Chen, 1935 ;? Pheretima directa Chen, 1935 ; Pheretima oyamai Ohfuchi, 1937 ; Pheretima tajiroensis Ohfuchi, 1938 ;? Pheretima morii Kobayashi, 1938 ; Pheretima toriii Ohfuchi, 1941 ;? Pheretima clerica Benham 1947 ; Pheretima campestris Lee, 1952 ;? Pheretima hatomajimensis Ohfuchi, 1957 ; Amynthas nanrenensis James et al., 2005 .

Distribution: ARG: Buenos Aires Prov.; Catamarca Prov.; Misiones Prov.; Santa Fé Prov. ( Mischis, 2004; Mischis and Herrera, 2006; Mischis, 2007); Tucumán Prov.: Potrerillo ( Gates, 1972) and Villa Nougues ( Teisaire, 1991); Córdoba Prov. ( Mischis, 1992): Capital, Calamuchita, Colón, and Santa Maria Deps. ( Mischis, 1993); San Luis Prov. ( Mischis and Brigada, 1985); Salta ( Teisaire et al., 2003). BOL: Murillo Prov: La Paz Dep.: Vale del Rio Zongo, near Cambaya ( Righi and Römbke, 1987): Cahura St. ( Zicsi, 1995b). PER ( Michaelsen, 1892). ECU: Pichincha Prov.: Quito ( Zicsi and Csuzdi, 1988). COL: Palmira, El Cerrito, Caldono, Silva Santander Rosa, Mocoa Putumayo ( Feijoo et al., 2004); Cabuyal River ( Feijoo et al., 1999); Andean hillside ( Feijoo et al., 2006); Bogotá ( Michaelsen, 1900a). VEN: In earth with plant arriving by plane in San Juan, Puerto Rico. BRA: From earth for nematode analysis arriving by plane in New York ( Gates, 1982): RS (Righi, 1965; Knäpper, 1977; Knäpper and Porto, 1979; Krabbe et al., 1993): Nova Petrópolis ( Knäpper, 1967); Santo Ângelo; Santa Cruz do Sul; Santana do Livramento; Gramado; Caxias do Sul; Estância Velha; Lajeado; Tramandaí ( Knäpper, 1972a); São Leopoldo ( Righi and Knäpper, 1965); Camaquã Mun. ( Lima and Rodriguez, 2007); PR ( Voss, 1986; Dionísio et al., 1995; Sautter et al., 1995; Chang, 1997; Tanck et al., 2000; Brown et al., 2004; Sautter et al., 2006): Londrina ( Brown et al., 2003); Arapoti ( Peixoto and Marochi, 1996); SP (Righi, 1965; Brown and James, 2006): northwest of São Paulo State ( Caballero, 1976); Campos do Jordão and São Sebastião ( Righi, 1967b); RJ ( Zicsi and Csuzdi, 1999): Seropédica (Brown et al., 2006); Nova Friburgo ( Gates, 1954); Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, near Abrigo Rebouças; MG: Jaboticatuba: Serra do Cipó: Estrada Vespaziano- Conceição do Matodentro, km 120 ( Righi, 1980); Juiz de Fora (Brown et al., 2006); AM (James and Brown, 2006) ( Figure 1B ).

Further distribution: Panama to Mexico ( Righi, 1967b), Europe ( Beddard, 1893), Asia ( Brown et al., 2003), 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).