Bimastos parvus ( Eisen, 1874 )

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Bimastos parvus ( Eisen, 1874)

Allolobophora parva Eisen, 1874: 46 , Plate II, Figs 9–11; Thai 1983: 121; Tran 1985: 61; Le 1995a: 74; Thai 2000a: 307; Blakemore 2002: 264, Fig. 4.3; Huynh 2005a: 157; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Huynh & Nguyen 2004b: 70.

Helodrilus (Bimastus) parvus— Michaelsen 1900: 502.

Bimastus parvus (sic!) — Chen 1931: 169; Chen 1933: 222, Fig. 13.

Bimastos parvus— Gates, 1972: 87; Blakemore 2008b.

See Blakemore (2002: 264) for more synonyms.

Type locality. Mount Lebanon, New York , USA.

Type material. Amerian Natural History Museum New York, USA.

Records from Vietnam. Bac Giang (Hiep Hoa) ; Hai Phong ( Cat Ba Isl. ) ; Hanoi ; Lam Dong (Da Lat) ( Tran 1985; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a, b; Huynh 2005a).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan species, widely reported from Myanmar, India, Japan, China, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Southwest Africa, South Africa, Afghanistan, Kazakstan, Central Asia and Europe ( Gates 1972; Blakemore 2002).

Vietnamese name. Giun toàn bắc nhỏ.

Remarks. The species probably originates from Holarctic, and recorded in Vietnam as the name Allolobophora parva . It is usually found in vemi-composts in Vietnam ( Tran 1985).