Metaph ire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)

Nguyen, Tung T., Lam, Dang H., Trinh, Binh T. K. & Nguyen, Anh D., 2020, The megascolecid earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) in the Phu Quoc island, Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, ZooKeys 932, pp. 1-25 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.50314

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C64E085-E11A-4AEE-85EE-3443E296C8DF

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/196E96B3-AFBD-5AC3-BA5C-50D3496168DA

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scientific name

Metaph ire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868)
status

 

Metaph ire posthuma (Vaillant, 1868) Fig. 9 View Figure 9

Material examined.

3 matures (CTU-EW.011.13), residential gardens (10°10'52"N, 103°58'08"E), 10 m, 5 November 2016, coll. Lam HD & Trinh TKB.

Diagnosis.

Medium-sized. Prostomium epilobous. First dorsal pore in 12/13. Four pairs of spermathecal pores in lateroventral intersegments 5/6/7/8/9. Male pores located inside shallow copulatory pouches in xviii. Two pairs of genital markings present in xvii and xix. Intestinal caeca simple. Holandric. Testis sacs connected. Septum 8/9 thick, 9/10 absent.

Habitats.

The species was only found in the residential gardens.

Vietnamese name.

Giun quắn.

Remarks.

The species is commonly distributed in southern Vietnam, but rarely found in Phu Quoc island.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Oligochaeta

Order

Opisthopora

Family

Megascolecidae

Genus

Metaph