Amynthas zenkevichi ( Thai, 1982 )

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 : 49

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Amynthas zenkevichi ( Thai, 1982 )
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Amynthas zenkevichi ( Thai, 1982)

Pheretima zenkevichi Thai, 1982: 823 , fig. 2B; Tran 1985: 51; Le 1995a: 46; Nakamura 1999: 58; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133; Tran & Tran 2010: 8.

Pheretima (Amynthas) zenkevichi— Thai 1983: 125.

Amynthas zenkevichi— Blakemore 2007a: 108; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. Vietnam (Hanoi: Soc Son) ( Thai 1984).

Type material. ZMUM (W.221), Russia.

Examined material. 6 C and 3 A (SORC-V.100.03) Thai Son, Tan Thai, Dai Tu , Thai Nguyen, 2/5/1986 .

Records from Vietnam. Phu Tho (Phu Tho) ; Vinh Phuc (Me Linh) ; Bac Giang (Luc Ngan; Tan Yen; Pho Thang; Khe Ro NR) ; Cao Bang (Thach An) ; Quang Ninh (Mong Cai; Hon Gai) ; Hanoi (Soc Son; Ba Vi NP) ; Thai Binh ( Thai 1982; Tran 1985; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Tran & Ngo 2008; Tran & Tran 2010).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun zenkevich.

Remarks. Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and absence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Amynthas is confirmed here.

Blakemore, R. J. (2007 a) Updated checklist of Pheretimoids (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Pheretima auct.) taxa. www. annelida. net / earthworm / Pheretimoids. pdf (accessed 6 Jun 2016)

Blakemore, R. J. (2008 b) List of earthworms from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam (Excel spreadsheet). In: A Series of Searchable Texts on Earthworm Biodiversity, Ecology and Systematics from Various Regions of the World - 2 nd Edition (2008). VermEcology, Yokohama. CD - ROM. Avaliable from: http: // www. annelida. net / earthworm / Vietnam % 20 + % 20 Lao s % 20 + % 20 Cambodia 1. xls (Accessed 21 Jul. 2016)

Huynh, T. K. H. & Nguyen, D. A. (2004 a) Diversity of earthworms of Bavi National Park, Hatay province. The proceedings of the national workshop on the basic issues in life science, 114 - 117. [Science and Technics Publishing House, Hanoi]

Le, V. T. (1995 a) The earthworm fauna of Northeastern Vietnam. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 148 pp.

Nakamura, Y. (1999) Checklist of earthworms of Pheretima genus group (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of the world. Edaphologia, 64, 1 - 78.

Thai, T. B. (1982) The fauna of earthworms f the Cucfuong forest reserve (Vietnam) and descriptions of new species of the genus Pheretima. Zoologicheskii Jurnal, 61 (6), 817 - 830.

Thai, T. B. (1983) Earthworms of Vietnam (Systematic, fauna, distribution and zoogeographic). PhD dissertation in Zooglogy. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia [in Russian]

Thai, T. B. (2000 a) Species diversity of earthworms in Vietnam. Proceedings of the national workshop on the basic issues in life science. Hanoi Science and Technics Publishing House, 307 - 311.

Tran, T. M. (1985) The earthworm fauna of Red River Delta. PhD dissertation in Zoology. Hanoi National University of Education, Hanoi, 126 pp.

Tran, T. T. B. & Ngo, V. N. (2008) Composition and distribution of earthworms in Khe Ro natural Reserve. Journal of Science of HNUE, Natural Science, 53 (3), 131 - 137.

Tran, T. T. B. & Tran, H. N. (2010) Composition and distribution of earthworms in Luc Ngan District, Bac Giang province, and potential using in anti-erosion and in soil amelioration. TAP CHI SINH HOC, 32 (1), 6 - 13.

ZMUM

Zoological Museum, University of Amoy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

Order

Opisthopora

Family

Megascolecidae

Genus

Amynthas