Amynthas gracilis ( Kinberg, 1867 )

Assis, José Eriberto De, Botelho, José Roberto, Souza, Botelho, Martins, Maria Laís, Vieira, Martins, Souza, João Vitor Nunes De, Rodrigues, Gilberto Gonçalves & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2017, A catalogue of the Eudrilidae and Megascolecidae (Clitellata: Lumbricina) from South America, with two new records of exotic species from Brazil, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (4), pp. 599-614 : 602-603

5. Amynthas gracilis ( Kinberg, 1867)

Nitocris gracilis Kinberg, 1867: 102 . [Type locality Rio de Janeiro;?[ Perichaeta bournei Rosa, 1890: 110 ; Perichaeta hawayana Rosa, 1891: 396 ;? Perichaeta ijimae Rosa, 1891: 402 ; Perichaeta bermudensis Beddard, 1892 a: 160;? Perichaeta pallida Michaelsen, 1892: 227 ; Perichaeta mandhorensis Michaelsen, 1892: 241 , figs. 18-19;? Perichaeta barbadensis (part., spec “b”?) Beddard, 1892a: 167;? Perichaeta mauritiana Beddard, 1892 a: 170, Pl. X, figs. 5–6;? Perichaeta kamakurensis Goto & Hatai, 1898: 68 ;? Perichaeta parvula Goto & Hatai, 1898: 68 . [Types?]. [Non Ohfuchi, 1956 (= Metaphire parvula )];? Perichaeta decimpapillata Goto & Hatai, 1898: 71 ; Amyntas ijimae : Beddard (1900: 635); Pheretima hawayana : Michaelsen, 1900: 271, 316; Amyntas hawayanus : Beddard, 1900: 420;? Pheretima kagoshimensis Takahashi, 1932: 343 ;? Pheretima kamitai Kobayashi, 1934: 5 , figs. 4–6;? Pheretima hawayana var. barbadensis : Cernosvitov, 1934: 49.

Amynthas gracilis : Sims and Easton, 1972: 235 (in an A. hawayanus group containing nearly 50 nominal taxa); Easton, 1981: 50 (syn. hawayana , ? kamakurensis , ? parvula , decimpapillata ,? carnosa, ? kagoshimensis ); Easton, 1982: 728 (syn. hawayana ); Sims and Gerard, 1985: 130 (syn. hawayana ); Blakemore, 2002, 2008.

Distribution: CHI: Santiago: Quinta Normal ( Zicsi, 2004). ARG ( Dulout et al., 1969a; Lauría De Cidre, 1972): Chubut Prov.: Piedra del Aguila; Puerto Madryn (Mischis et al., 2006); Neuquén Prov.; San Luís Prov. ( Mischis, 2004, 2007; Mischis and Herrera, 2006); Santa Fé Prov. ( Ljungström et al., 1973); Córdoba Prov.: Sierras Chicas (Mischis, 1999); Dep. Capital, Dep. Calamuchita ( Mischis, 1993); Tucumán Prov.: Tucumán ( Teisaire and Roldán, 1995; Alderete-De-Majo, 2002 a, 2002 b, 2002c, 2003a, 2003b); Catamarca Prov.: Las Pirquitas Ville ( Mischis and Righi, 1999); Buenos Aires Prov.: Buenos Aires ( Mercadal Del Barrio and Barrio, 1988; Burela and Cazzaniga, 2001). URU: Montevideo ( Cordero, 1931). ECU ( Fragoso and Brown, 2007; Zicsi, 2007). COL: Buenaventura; Palmira; Caldono Santander Cauca; Cali; Mocoa Putumayo ( Feijoo, 2007); Andean hillside ( Feijoo et al., 2006); Cabuyal River ( Feijoo et al., 1999). VEN ( Drachenberg, 1992): From earth with plants arriving by plane at San Juan, Puerto Rico ( Gates, 1982). FRG ( Cernosvitov, 1934). BRA ( Moreira, 1903; Righi, 1967b): RS ( Michaelsen, 1892; 1927; Knäpper, 1972b; Knäpper and Porto, 1979; Krabbe et al., 1993); Guaíba estuary ( Knäpper, 1976); Estrêla ( Righi and Knäpper, 1965); Santo Ângelo; Santa Cruz do Sul; Santana do Livramento; Gramado; Nova Petrópolis; Ivoti; Sapucaio; Canoas; Lajeado; Estrêla; Tramandaí ( Knäpper, 1972a); Camaquã Mun. ( Lima and Rodriguez, 2007); SC: Blumenau; Schroeder (Brown et al., 2006); PR ( Voss, 1986; Dionísio et al., 1995; Kobiyama et al., 1995; Sautter et al., 1995; Peixoto and Marochi, 1996; Chang, 1997; Tanck et al., 2000; Brown et al., 2004): Londrina ( Brown et al., 2003); Curitiba ( Zicsi and Csuzdi, 1999); SP ( Lüderwaldt, 1927; Gates, 1972; Lenko, 1972; Caballero, 1976); Piracicaba; Itatiaia; Paranapiacaba (Alto da Serra); São Paulo: Ipiranga; Belém ( Lüderwaldt, 1927); São Paulo University campus ( Jorge and Sawaya, 1967); Barueri, in ant colonies ( Lenko, 1972); São Roque; Rio Preto; Salto de Itú ( Vannucci, 1953); RJ ( Kinberg, 1867; Vannucci, 1953); MG: Paraopeba, Fazenda do Rasgão, Cachoeira dos Macacos, and Fazenda Pedra Branca ( Righi, 1980); DF: Brasília (Brown et al., 2006); BA: Ituberá (Brown et al., 2006); PB: Areia ( Guerra and Silva, 1994); PA: Belém (Brown et al., 2006); AM (James and Brown, 2006): Manaus ( Michaelsen, 1927) ( Figure 1C ).

Further distribution: Barbados to Mexico, North America, Europe, Africa, Asia ( Righi, 1979), Australia ( Easton, 1982), Hawaii ( Rosa, 1891; Nakamura, 1992), and South Atlantic Ocean ( Cernosvitov, 1942).

Figures

Figure 1. Geographical distribution in South America of exotic Eudrilidae (A) and Megascolecidae (B–D) species: A) Eudrilus euganiae (circle), and Hyperiodrilus africanus (star); B) Amynthas aeruginosus (circle), and Amynthas corticis (square); C) Amynthas gracilis (triangle); D) Amynthas morrisi (star) and Amynthas robustus (circle) (new record from Brazil).