Duplodicodrilus schmardae (Horst, 1883)

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 : 607

12. Duplodicodrilus schmardae (Horst, 1883)

Megascolex schmardae Horst, 1883: 194 ;? Perichaeta sumatrana : Beddard, 1892a: 155, Pl. IX, fig. 4; Perichaeta trityphla Beddard, 1896: 205 ;? Perichaeta vesiculata Goto & Hatai, 1899: 21 , figs. 13–15; Amyntas schmardae [sic]: Michaelsen, 1899: 13; Pheretima schmardae : Michaelsen, 1900: 302 (syn. trityphla ); Pheretima kikuchii Hatai & Ohfuchi, 1936: 767 ; Metaphire schmardae schmardae : Sims & Easton, 1972: 239 ( schmardae -group); Metaphire schmardae : Easton, 1981: 58.

Duplodicodrilus schmardae ; Blakemore, 2008: 22.

Distribution: BRA ( Righi, 1967b; Hauser et al., 1975): RS ( Knäpper, 1972b; Knäpper and Porto, 1979): Porto Alegre: Guaíba estuary ( Knäpper, 1976); São Leopoldo (Brown et al., 2006); Estância Velha; Canoas ( Knäpper, 1972a); SC: Blumenau; Pomerode ( Lüderwaldt, 1927); PR ( Chang, 1997; Sautter et al., 2006): Curitiba (Brown et al., 2006); SP (Brown and James, 2006): Cotia (Brown et al., 2006); São Paulo: Colina; RJ: Itatiaia National Park ( Righi, 1980); Teresópolis ( Michaelsen, 1927) ( Figure 3A ).

Further distribution: Central America ( Righi, 1980), Europe, and Asia ( Blakemore, 2008, 2010).

Genus Perionyx Perrier, 1872

Type: Perionyx excavatus Perrier, 1872

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.