Pheretima plumatomusculata, (Thai, 1982)

Nguyen, Tung T., Tran, Binh T. T. & Nguyen, Anh D., 2014, Earthworms of the ' acaecate' Pheretima group in Vietnam (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae), with description of a new species from the Mekong delta, Zootaxa 3866 (1), pp. 105-121 : 110-111

Planapheretima plumatomusculata ( Thai, 1982)

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Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai, 1982: 829 , Fig. 3 g; Thai 1997: 2, Fig. 2 B. Planapheretima plumatomusculata — Blakemore 2007: 81.

Type locality. Vietnam (Ninh Binh).

Type material. In the collection of Zoological Museum of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.

Material examined. 8C, 7A (CTU) Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao National Park, on the way to the observation tower, 25 July 1998, coll. Tran T.T.Binh.

Records from Vietnam. Nghe An Province (Ky Son; Quy Hop); Ninh Binh Province (Cuc Phuong); Vinh Phuc Province (Tam Dao) ( Thai 1997; Do 1994; Le 1995).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Planapheretima lacertina ( Chen, 1946) , but differs in having spermathecal pores paired in 5/6/7 dorsally and pigments dorsally ( Thai 1997).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of species of the genus Planapheretima in Vietnam.

FIGURE 3. Distribution of species of the genus Polypheretima in Vietnam. The exotic Po. elongata with many records all over the country is omitted.