Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)

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

11. Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)

Perichaeta posthuma Vaillant,1868:228 ; Perichaeta affinis Perrier, 1872: 106 , fig. 66; Megascolex posthumus : Vaillant, 1899: 72, figs. 12–13; Pheretima posthuma : Michaelsen, 1900: 295; Pheretima incerta Beddard, 1912: 197 ; Pheretima posthuma : Stephenson, 1923: 309 (syn. affinis ).

Metaphire posthuma : Sims and Easton, 1972: 239; Sims and Gerard, 1985: 132, fig. 47d.

Distribution: ARG: Buenos Aires Prov.: Buenos Aires ( Mischis, 2004; 2007) ( Figure 3A ).

Further distribution: Bahamas ( Michaelsen, 1900a), Mexico ( Fragoso and Brown, 2007), Europe, Asia, Pacific Ocean, and Christmas Island ( Michaelsen, 1900a).

Genus Duplodicodrilus Blakemore, 2008

Type: Duplodicodrilus schmardae (Horst, 1883) ( Blakemore, 2008, 2010)

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.