Eutyphoeus pharpingianus Michaelsen, 1907

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 91-111 : 94

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scientific name	Eutyphoeus pharpingianus Michaelsen, 1907
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Eutyphoeus pharpingianus Michaelsen, 1907: 177 View in CoL .

Typhoeus pharpingianus Blakemore 2013: 115 .

Type locality: Pharping (27.6128°N, 85.2645°E), Kathmandu District , Bagmati Province, Nepal GoogleMaps

Type specimen: ZSIC; ZEV 2863 /7

Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Pharping ( Michaelsen 1907).

Distribution elsewhere: India ( Mandal et al. 2010).

Habitat: Grassland, riverbanks, cultivated paddy and pulses land, dung heaps mixed-forest cultivated land ( Michaelsen 1907; Miglani et al. 2022).

Ecology: Anecic ( Sinha et al. 2003; Miglani et al. 2022).

Remarks: This species was formerly considered as endemic species for Nepal but later, it was reported from Uttarakhand, India ( Mandal et al. 2010). Species epithet ‘pharpingianus ’ refers to type locality Pharping of Kathmandu District, Nepal.

References

Mandal, C. K., Dhani, S., Mitra, S. & Misra, A. (2010) Annelida: Earthworm. Fauna of Uttarakhand. State Fauna Series, 18 (3), 181-191.

Michaelsen, W. (1907) Neue Oligochaeten von Vorderindien, Ceylon, Burma und den Andaman-Inseln. Jahrbuch der hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 24, 143-188.

Miglani, R., Ahmed, S., Reynolds, J. W., Parveen, N., Kumar, A. & Bisht, S. S. (2022) A comprehensive checklist of the earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of Uttarakhand, India. Megadrilogica, 27 (10), 107-133.

Sinha, B., Bhadauria, T., Ramakrishnan, P. S., Saxena, K. G. & Maikhuri, R. K. (2003) Impact of landscape modification on earthworm diversity and abundance in the Hariyali sacred landscape, Garhwal Himalaya. Pedobiologia, 47 (4), 357-370. https://doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00199