Bimastos parvus ( Eisen, 1874 )

Hong, Yong & Csuzdi, Csaba, 2016, New data to the earthworm fauna of the Korean Peninsula with redescription of Eisenia koreana (Zicsi) and remarks on the Eisenia nordenskioldi species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Zoological Studies 55 (12), pp. 1-15 : 4

Bimastos parvus ( Eisen, 1874)

Allolobophora parva Eisen, 1874: 46 .

Bimastos parvus : Kobayashi 1941: 155.

Bimastos parvus : Blakemore 2008: 537 (for complete synonymy).

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Bimastos parvus : Blakemore 2014: 11.

Material examined: North Korea. Before Haeju, 17.07.1988, 10 ex. Leg. Cs. Csuzdi., Haeju, Su-Yong waterfall, 16.07.1988, 12 ex. Leg. Cs. Csuzdi., South Korea. Incheon-si, Ongjin-gun, Baekryeong-do Island, 28.08.2008, 3 ex. Leg. Y. Hong., Jeollabuk-do, Gunsan-si, Sunyudo Island, 17.10.2013, 3 ex. Leg. Y. Hong (NIBRIV0000323393)., Jeollabuk-do, Buan-gun, Dongjin, 23.05.2013, 1 ex. Leg. Y. Hong., Jeollabuk-do, Buan-gun, Dongjin, 12.10.2013, 3 ex. Leg. Leg. Y. Hong., Jeollabuk-do, Muju-gun, Muju, 26.10.2013, 7 ex. Leg. Leg. Y. Hong.

Remarks: B. parvus is perhaps of North American origin ( Gates 1972) but it has been widely introduced in Europe and also in Asia ( Gates 1972, Blakemore 2008, Szederjesi et al. 2013a, 2013b).