Metaphire houlleti ( 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 : 605

10. Metaphire houlleti ( Perrier, 1872)

Perichaeta sp. Perrier, 1871: 278; Perichaeta houlleti Perrier, 1872: 99 , figs. 31–63; Beddard, 1887: 389; Megascolex houlletii : Vaillant, 1889: 75; Perichaeta campanulata Rosa, 1890: 115 , t. 1, figs. 9–10; Perichaeta udekemi Michaelsen, 1890: 240 , t. 13, fig. 17; Perichaeta guillelmi Michaelsen, 1895: 32 , fig. 7; Pheretima crescentica Fedarb, 1898: 447 ; Amyntas houlleti : Michaelsen, 1899: 12; Pheretima houlleti : Michaelsen, 1900: 273 (syn. campanulata , udekemi , guillelmi ); Amyntas kelantanensis Beddard, 1900: 902 ; Pheretima wimberleyana Stephenson, 1925: 62 ; Pheretima houlleti var. tortuosa Gates, 1926: 454 ; Pheretima houlleti var. rugosa Gates, 1926 a: 157; Pheretima rugosa Gates, 1932: 398 ; Pheretima campanulata var. penetralis Gates, 1931: 435 ; Pheretima campanulata var. meridiana Gates, 1932: 457 ;? Pheretima yapensis Ohfuchi, 1941: 283 ; Metaphire houlleti houlleti : Sims and Easton, 1972: 238 ( houlleti -group); Metaphire houletti (lapsus pro houlleti ): Easton, 1982: 731; 1983: 121, tab. 1, 128; Amynthas huangi James et al., 2005: 1014 , fig. 2E, 2F (on p. 1010).

Metaphire houlleti ( Blakemore, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010).

Distribution: FRG: Père Island ( Cernosvitov, 1934) ( Figure 3A ).

Further distribution: Central and North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia ( Easton, 1982).

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.