Pheretima rarusa, (Thai, 1997)

Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), Zootaxa 4140 (1), pp. 1-92 : 71

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467386
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scientific name	Pheretima rarusa
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Planapheretima rarusa ( Thai, 1997)

Pheretima rarusa Thai, 1997: 1 , fig. 2 A; Nakamura 1999: 39; Thai 2000a: 310. Planapheretima? rarusa— Blakemore 2007a: 85; Blakemore 2008b;

Planapheretima plumatomusculata— Nguyen et al. 2014: 111, Fig. 2.

Type locality. Vietnam (Nghe An: Ky Son ).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Examined material. 4 C and 3 A (SORC-V.202.01) Muong Long, Ky Son , Nghe An, 18–23/5/1986, coll. Tran Minh Khoi .

Records from Vietnam. Nghe An (Ky Son: Muong Long) ( Thai 1997).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun lá hiếm.

Remarks. The species is very close to Planapheretima plumatomusculata ( Thai, 1982) but differs in violet color dorsally, having copulatory pouch, genital markings in male regions, and accessory glands with long duct ( Thai 1997).