Polypheretima elongata ( Perrier, 1872 )

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

16. Polypheretima elongata ( Perrier, 1872)

Perichaeta elongata Perrier, 1872: 124 , fig. 70; Perichaeta biserialis Perrier, 1875: 1044 ; Megascolex elongata : Vaillant, 1889: 81; Perichaeta acystis Beddard, 1895 a: 423; Perichaeta monocystis Horst, 1899: 202 (lapsus pro acystis Beddard, 1895 ); Amynthas elongata : Beddard, 1900: 650; Pheretima elongata : Michaelsen, 1900: 265; Metapheretima elongata : Sims and Easton, 1972: 205 (syn. biserialis ) in a speciescomplex.

Polypheretima elongata : Easton, 1979: 53; Easton, 1981: 61 [syn. biserialis ; non elongata : Ohfuchi, 1956 (= Amynthas morrisi )]; Easton, 1984: 733.

Distribution: PER ( Perrier, 1872; Cernosvitov, 1934). COL: Valle Dep.: El Cerrito; Palmira; Guacarí ( Feijoo, 2007); San Andrés Island ( Reynolds and Reynolds, 2001). VEN: Macuto, near Guayra ( Cognetti, 1905); Maracay: Experimental Station ( Righi, 1989); Bolívar. FRG ( Gates, 1972). SUR: Paramaribo ( Horst, 1899). GUY: Georgetown ( Beddard and Feddarb, 1899); BRA: SP (Brown and James, 2006; James and Brown, 2006): São Paulo: Anhembi (Brown et al., 2006); RJ ( Magalhães, 1905); MG: Caetanópolis; Curvelo; Banheiro farm; Macacos waterfall; Capão Queimado farm ( Righi, 1980); BA: Itajubá ( Righi, 1971); PE: 50 km from Recife ( Righi, 1980); RR ( Lavelle and Lapied, 2003) ( Figure 3C ).

Further distribution: Central America ( Gates, 1972), Mexico ( Fragoso and Brown, 2007), Africa, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands ( Gates, 1972).

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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.