Polypheretima touranensis (Michaelsen, 1934)

Nguyen, Tung T., Tran, Binh T. T. & Nguyen, Anh D., 2014, Earthworms of the ' acaecate' Pheretima group in Vietnam (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae), with description of a new species from the Mekong delta, Zootaxa 3866 (1), pp. 105-121 : 118

Polypheretima touranensis (Michaelsen, 1934)

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Pheretima touranensis Michaelsen, 1934b: 499 .

Pheretima touranensis — Sims & Easton 1972: 225, "incertae sedis". ‘ Pheretima’ touranensis — Easton 1979: 118.

Amynthas ? touranensis — Blakemore 2007: 100.

Type locality. Vietnam (Tourane = Da Nang).

Type material. AE688 (A730), Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.

Records from Vietnam. Da Nang City (Vu Gia pass) ( Michaelsen 1934b).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Remarks. The intestine of the type material was so damaged that presence or absence of caeca could not be identified. However, Easton (1979) still placed the species into the 'acaecate' Pheretima group. There are no other records from Vietnam since its original description.

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of species of the genus Polypheretima in Vietnam. The exotic Po. elongata with many records all over the country is omitted.