Polypheretima taprobanae (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 : 609

17. Polypheretima taprobanae (Beddard, 1892)

Perichaeta taprobanae Beddard, 1892 a: 163; Perichaeta pauli Michaelsen, 1897: 234 ; Pheretima taprobanae typica : Michaelsen, 1900: 308; Amynthas taprobanae : Beddard, 1900: 648 (syn. pauli ); Pheretima taprobanae : Stephenson, 1923: 312; Metapheretima taprobanae : Sims and Easton, 1972: 233; Polypheretima taprobanae : Easton, 1979: 45 (syn. pauli ); Easton, 1982: 734.

Polypheretima taprobaena (laps.): Easton, 1979: 45.

Distribution: ARG: Tucumán Prov.: Tucumán ( Teisaire and Roldán, 1996; Mischis, 2004; Mischis and Herrera, 2006). BRA ( Moreira, 1903; Righi, 1965): RS ( Righi and Knäpper, 1965): Santa Cruz do Sul; São Leopoldo (Brown et al., 2006); Porto Alegre: Guaíba estuary ( Knäpper, 1976); SP: Piracicaba ( Lüderwaldt, 1927; Righi, 1967b; Brown and James, 2006); RJ: Rio de Janeiro ( Michaelsen, 1927) ( Figure 3D ).

Further distribution: Mexico ( Fragoso and Brown, 2007), Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands ( Gates, 1972), London ( Blakemore, 2010, 2014).

Figures

Figure 3. Geographical distribution in South America: A) Amynthas rodericensis (circle), Metaphire californica (triangle), Metaphire houlletti (square), Metaphire posthuma (star), and Diplodricodrilus schmardae (square); B) Perionyx excavatus (circle) and Pheretima darnleiensis (triangle); C) Pheretima bicincta (square) (new record from Brazil) and Polypheretima elongata (square); D) Polypheretima taprobanae (square) and Pontodrilus litoralis (circle) from South America.