Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972

Fahri, Fahri, Amaliah, Rizki, Suryobroto, Bambang, Atmowidi, Tri & Anh D. Nguyen,, 2018, Three new " caecate " earthworm species from Sulawesi, Indonesia (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae), ZooKeys 805, pp. 1-14 : 7

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scientific name

Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972
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Genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972

Type species.

Rhodopis javanica Kinberg, 1867, by monotypy.

Remarks.

This genus currently contains approximately 198 species widely distributed in the Oriental regions from Japan southwards through the Indo-Australasian archipelago to the rain forests of Australasia eastwards through Oceania (http://taxo.drilobase.org/index.php?title=Metaphire).