Amynthas carnosus ( Goto & Hatai, 1899 )

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 : 19

Amynthas carnosus ( Goto & Hatai, 1899)

Perichaeta carnosa Goto & Hatai, 1899: 15 , figs 4–5.

Pheretima carnosa— Michaelsen 1900: 260; Chen 1936: 274; Kobayashi 1936: 115, text figs 1–3; Gates 1972: 149; Ishizuka 2001: 75, fig. 32.

Amynthas carnosus— Sims & Easton 1972: 235; Blakemore 2005; Blakemore 2007a; Blakemore 2008b; Blakemore, 2012b: 35; Blakemore 2013: 101.

Pheretima pingi Stephenson, 1925: 891 , fig. 17; Chen 1933: 228, fig. 15; Do 1994: 103; Nguyen 1994: 58; Nakamura 1999: 53; Thai 2000a: 309; Huynh 2005a: 81; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116; Nguyen & Tran 2008: 185.

Pheretima (Amynthas) pingi— Thai 1983: 124.

Amynthas pingi— Blakemore 2002: 182, fig. 2.13.

Pheretima kyamikia Kobayashi, 1934: 1 , figs 1–3.

See Blakemore (2012b, 2013) for more synonyms.

Type locality. Japan (Tokyo).

Type material. Unknown.

Records from Vietnam. Son La (Moc Chau); Nghe An (Quy Chau) ; Quang Binh (Tuyen Hoa; Minh Hoa; Bo Trach; Quang Ninh, Dong Hoi); Thua Thien Hue (Phu Loc) ; Gia Lai (Buon Luoi; Kon Ha Nung) ; Binh Dinh (Do 1994; Nguyen 1994; Huynh 2005a; Nguyen & Tran 2008).

Distribution. China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan ( Chen 1933; Blakemore 2002, 2007a, 2013).

Remarks. The records of this species from Vietnam (as Pheretima pingi ) are outside its known area, temperate regions in northern China, Korea and Japan, and require confirmation with fresh reference material.