Drawida beddardi (Rosa, 1890)

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 : 77

Drawida beddardi (Rosa, 1890)

Moniligaster beddardii Rosa, 1890a: 379 , fig. 12.

Drawida beddardii— Gates 1972: 246; Thai 1983: 121; Tran 1985: 57; Nguyen 1994: 73; Le 1995a: 75; Pham 1995c: 108; Thai 2000a: 311; Huynh & Nguyen 2004b: 70; Huynh 2005a: 149; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 185; Tran & Tran 2010: 8; Pham 2010: 65; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123.

Drawida barwelli— Blakemore 2008; Nguyen et al. 2012: 146; Nguyen 2013: 98; Nguyen 2014: 113.

Type locality. Philippines (Manila).

Type material. NHM London , U.K.

Records from Vietnam. Bac Giang (Hiep Hoa; Luc Ngan; Son Dong: Khe Ro) ; Vinh Phuc (Me Linh; Tam Dao) ; Hanoi (Soc Son) ; Quang Binh (Quang Trach) ; Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Ba Na NP) ; Quang Nam (Hiep Duc) ; Gia Lai (Buon Luoi) ; Phu Yen (Tuy Hoa) ; Binh Dinh ; Hau Giang (Phung Hiep: Tan Binh, Tan Phuoc Hung, Long Thanh) ; Ben Tre (Cho Lach) ; Vinh Long (Vinh Long city, Vung Liem, Long Ho) ; Tien Giang (Cai Be) , Can Tho ; An Giang (Cho Moi, Tinh Bien) ; Kien Giang (Kien Luong, Ha Tien) ( Tran 1985; Nguyen 1994; Le 1995a; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh & Nguyen 2004b; Huynh 2005a; Tran & Ngo 2008; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008; Tran & Tran 2010; Nguyen 2014).

Distribution. Myanmar ( Gates 1972).

Vietnamese name. Giun drawid beddard.

Remarks. The species was synonymized with Drawida barwelli ( Beddard, 1886) ( Blakemore 2002) , but it is a valid species distinguishable specifically from D. barwelli as has been shown by Shen et al. (2015: 434–435). Material from Vietnam shows the untwisted and short sperm ducts characteristic of D. beddardi ( Nguyen 2013) .