Pheretima plumatomusculata, (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 : 71

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scientific name	Pheretima plumatomusculata
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Planapheretima plumatomusculata ( Thai, 1982)

Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai, 1982: 829 , fig. 3D; Thai 1997: 2, fig. 2B; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116. Pheretima (Terrata) plumatomusculata— Thai 1983: 123.

Planapheretima? plumatomusculata— Blakemore 2007a: 81; Blakemore 2008b. Planapheretima plumatomusculata— Nguyen et al. 2014: 110, Fig. 2.

Type locality. Vietnam ( Ninh Binh).

Type material. ZMUM, Russia.

Examined material. 6 C and 3 A ( CTU-EW.079.01) on the way to the observation tower, Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, 25/07/1998, coll. Tran T.T.Binh.

Records from Vietnam. Vinh Phuc ( Tam Dao NP) ; Hanoi ( Ba Vi NP) ; Ninh Binh ( Cuc Phuong NP) ; Nghe An (Ky Son; Quy Hop) ( Thai 1982, 1997; Do 1994; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun lá cƠ lông chim.

Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Planapheretima lacertina ( Chen, 1946) , but differs in having spermathecal pores paired in 5/6/7 dorsally and pigments dorsally ( Thai 1997). Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima , and placed the species under the new subgenus.