Amynthas rodericensis (Grube, 1879)

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

8. Amynthas rodericensis (Grube, 1879)

Perichaeta rodericensis Grube, 1879:554 ; Perichaeta dyeri Beddard, 1892: 57 , Pl. IX, figs. 2, 8, Pl. X, fig. 1; Perichaeta sinensis Beddard, 1892 a: 158, Pl. IX, figs. 3, 5, Pl. X, figs. 2–4, 7, 8;? Perichaeta trinitatis Beddard, 1896: 206 ; Perichaeta monilicystis Michaelsen, 1892: 251 , fig. 28; Pheretima rodericensis : Michaelsen, 1900: 299, 318 (syn. dyeri , sinensis , monilicystis , ? trinitatis ).

Amynthas rodericensis : Sims and Easton, 1972: 235; Easton, 1982: 729; Sims and Gerard, 1985: 132 (syn. dyeri , sinensis ).

Distribution: VEN ( Drachenberg, 1992): Puerto Rico: Saba ( Righi, 1993); Aragua State: Parque Nacional Henri Pittier: Rancho Grande ( Righi, 1984); Caracas: Monte Avila, 950 m ( Righi, 1989). SUR ( Gates, 1972; Fragoso and Brown, 2007). FRG: Morne de Montabe ( Cernosvitov, 1934). GUY ( Beddard, 1900; Cernosvitov, 1942) ( Figure 3A ).

Further distribution: Caribbean region ( Zicsi, 1995a), North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Pacific islands ( Easton, 1982).

Genus Metaphire Sims and Easton, 1972

Type: Rhodopis javanica Kinberg, 1867 (non Woodwardia javanica Michaelsen, 1910 = Lennoscolex Gates, 1960 )

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.