Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945)

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 : 51

Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945)

Pheretima bahli Gates, 1945b: 85 ; Thai & Samphon 1991: 4; Nguyen 1994: 39; Pham 1995c: 68; Nakamura 1999: 40; Thai 2000a: 308; Thai et al. 2004: 758; Huynh 2005a: 87; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 184; Nguyen et al. 2010: 114; Pham 2010: 62; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123; Nguyen & Huynh 2011: 1018; Nguyen et al. 2011: 1025; Nguyen et al. 2012: 146; Nguyen 2013: 46; Nguyen 2014: 109.

Pheretima (Amynthas) bahli— Thai 1983: 124.

Metaphire bahli— Sims & Easton 1972: 239; Blakemore 2007a: 10; Blakemore 2008b; Blakemore et al. 2007: 29; Blakemore 2016 (removing synonyms saigonensis and bangoiana ): 22, figs 1, 9a–d, 10.

Type locality. Sri Lanka (Colombo).

Type material. Unknown.

Examined material. 16 C (SORC-V.124.01) Bau Can, Gia Lai, 29/11/1979; 13 C (SORC-V.124.02) field of sweet potato, Lam Vien plateau, Da Lat , Lam Dong, 25/10/1995; 30 C (CTU-EW.004.01) long-term tree garden, Phu Ngoc commune, Dinh Quan , Dong Nai, 14/10/2013, coll. Le Van Nhan ; 30 C and 2 A (CTU-EW.004.02) Xuan Loc , Dong Nai, 9–10/2012, coll. Nguyen Van Thang ; 22 C (CTU-EW.004.03) short-term tree garden, Phu Loc commune, Tan Phu , Dong Nai, 13/10/2013, coll. Le Van Nhan ; 16 C and 1 A (CTU-EW.004.04) plantation, Vinh Cuu , Dong Nai, 13/9/2012, coll. Duong Chi Trong ; 26 C (CTU-EW.004.05) natural forest, Nhon mountain, Tinh Bien , An Giang, 7/11/2010, coll. Nguyen Thanh Tung .

Records from Vietnam. Quang Binh (Minh Hoa); Thua Thien Hue (A Luoi) ; Da Nang ; Quang Nam (Tra My) ; Kon Tum (Dak Glei; Sa Thay) ; Gia Lai (Pleiku: Bau Can; Duc Co) ; Binh Dinh (Quy Nhon, Cu Lao Xanh) ; Dak Lak (Buon Me Thuot) ; Binh Thuan (Gia An) ; Khanh Hoa (Nha Tranh: Ba Ngoi) ; Ba Ria-Vung Tau ( Con Lon Isl. ) ; Ho Chi Minh city ; Dong Nai (Vinh Cuu; Xuan Loc; Tan Phu; Trang Bom; Nhon Trach; Long Thanh) ; Tay Ninh (Ba Den Mts) ; Tien Giang (Tan Phu Dong; Cai Lay; Cai Be) ; Ben Tre (Binh Dai; Thanh Phu; Ba Tri) ; Vinh Long (Long Ho; Vung Liem; Vinh Long City) ; Can Tho (Cai Rang; Ninh Kieu; O Mon; Thot Not; Phong Dien) ; Tra Vinh (Duyen Hai; Tra Cu) ; Kien Giang ( Ha Tien Town , Lai Son Mts) ; An Giang ( Nguyen 1994; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh 2005a; Michaelsen 1934; Thai et al. 2004; Omodeo 1957; Nguyen V. T. & Tran 2008; Nguyet et al. 2009, 2010; Nguyen 2014).

Distribution. Philippines, Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia ( Gates 1945b, 1972; Blakemore 2007a; Thai & Samphon 1991; Thai & Do 1989).

Vietnamese name. Giun bahl.

Remarks. Although the morphology of the male region of M. saigonensis is similar to that of M. peguana , the distance between male pores is totally different among the two species. Thai (1983, 2000) had suggested that saigonensis is a synonym of " Pheretima " bahli Gates, 1945 ; however, Blakemore (2005, 2016) restored both saigonensis and bangoiana separately from Metaphire bahli .