Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015

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 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5467316
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scientific name	Metaphire kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015
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Pheretima kiengiangensis Nguyen & Trinh, 2015 (in Nguyen et al. 2015b) : 461, Fig.1.

Type locality. Vietnam (Kien Giang: Kien Hai ).

Type material. CTU (EW.019), Vietnam.

Examined material. 1 C (CTU-EW.019.h01) and 10 C (CTU-EW.019.p02), plantation of Hopea and other trees, Lai Son Island, Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam (09 0 48' 21,6N; 104 0 38' 01,1E), elevation of 81m a.s.l., 15 November 2013, coll. Trinh Thi Kim Binh GoogleMaps ; 3 C (CTU-EW.019.p03) fruit tree garden, on the way to Bang Beach , Lai Son Island, Kien Hai District, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam (09 0 48' 32,4N; 104 0 39' 23,0E), 14 October 2014, coll. Trinh Thi Kim Binh GoogleMaps ; 13 C (CTU-EW.019.p04) mango garden, Hon Dat Mountain , Hon Dat District, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam (10 0 06' 37.6N; 104 0 53' 06.2E), 13 November 2010, coll. Nguyen Thanh Tung GoogleMaps .

Records from Vietnam. Kien Giang (Kien Hai; Hon Dat) ( Nguyen et al. 2015b)

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun Kiên giang.

Remarks. The species consists of mainland and island populations, with specimens on the mainland being smaller in size ( Nguyen et al. 2015b).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Oligochaeta
Order	Haplotaxida
Family	Megascolecidae
Genus	Metaphire