The First Record of Metaphire Birmanica (Rosa, 1888) in Vietnam, with Notes on Several Earthworm Species

Dang Hai Lam; Anh Duc Nguyen; Tung Thanh Nguyen

doi:10.15575/biodjati.v5i1.8111

Jurnal Biodjati (May 2020)

The First Record of Metaphire Birmanica (Rosa, 1888) in Vietnam, with Notes on Several Earthworm Species

Dang Hai Lam,
Anh Duc Nguyen,
Tung Thanh Nguyen

Affiliations

Dang Hai Lam: Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam
Anh Duc Nguyen: Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology
Tung Thanh Nguyen: Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15575/biodjati.v5i1.8111
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 15 – 22

Abstract

Read online

The Amynthas and Metaphire species recorded in Vietnam have been rechecked based on original descriptions and preserved specimens. As a result, Metaphire birmanica (Rosa, 1888) is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. The species is recognized by having three pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6/7/8, male pores in xviii, presence of copulatory pouches, no genial markings, and manicate intestinal caeca. In addition, three species have been rechecked and re-assigned to different genera, namely Amynthas tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire dranfocana (Do & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire anhumalatana (Thai & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov.

amynthas, biodiversity, megascolecidae, metaphire, pheretima, taxonomy, vietnam.

Published in Jurnal Biodjati

ISSN: 2548-1606 (Print); 2541-4208 (Online)
Publisher: UIN Sunan Gunung Djati
Country of publisher: Indonesia
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://journal.uinsgd.ac.id/index.php/biodjati/index

About the journal

Abstract

Keywords