Metaphire easupana

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 : 56

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467298
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scientific name	Metaphire easupana
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Metaphire easupana ( Thai & Huynh, 1993)

Pheretima easupana Thai & Huynh, 1993 (in: Thai et al. 1993): 14, fig. 1C; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh 2006: 121. Metaphire ? easupana— Blakemore 2007a: 32; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Dak Lak: Ea Sup ).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Examined material. 4 C (SORC-HPV.043.01) Banana garden, Ea Lop, Ea Sup, Dak Lak, 19/10/1989, coll. Huynh Thi Kim Hoi.

Records from Vietnam. Dak Lak (Ea Sup) (Thai et al. 1993; Huynh 2005a).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun easup.

Remarks. Blakemore (2007a) stated its status as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.