Pheretima lacertina, Chen, 1946

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

Planapheretima lacertina ( Chen, 1946)

Pheretima lacertina Chen, 1946: 109 , Plate VI, Fig. A; Thai, 1997: 4, fig. 3 A; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Pham 2010: 63.

Planapheretima lacertina— Sims & Easton 1972: 233; Easton 1979: 77, Figs 27k, 30d; Nakamura 1999: 5; Blakemore 2007a: 57; Blakemore 2008b; Nguyen et al. 2014: 109.

Type locality. China (Szechuan).

Examined material. 2 C ( HNUE) forest, Ta Sua NR, Son La, 30/12/2012, coll. Tran T.T. Binh.

Records from Vietnam. Lao Cai (Sa Pa) ; Son La (Ta Sua) ; Hanoi (Ba Vi NP) ; Da Nang (Ba Na NP) ( Thai, 1997; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Pham 2010).

Distribution. Vietnam ( Thai 1997), China ( Chen 1946).

Vietnamese name. Giun lá đuôi thạch sùng.

Remarks. The population in Vietnam differs from the original description of the species ( Chen 1946) in smaller body size, fewer setae and in having spermathecal pores paired in 5/6/7/8 ( Thai 1997).