Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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Last updated 26. March, 2020

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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima nanula Chen & Yang 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):89. Pheretima nanula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima heterogens Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):90. Pheretima heterogens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima areniphila Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):91. Pheretima areniphila - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima medioca Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):92. Pheretima medioca - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima loti Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima loti - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan Chen & Fong 1975 Acta Zool.Sin.21(1):94. Pheretima tschiliensis kokoan - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pedunculata Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):176. Metaphire pedunculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parva Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(1):177. Amynthas parva - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima yunlongensis Chen & Zhifang 1977 Acta Zool.Sin.23(2):176. Amynthas yunlongensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas biconcavus Quan & Zhong 1989 Acta Zooltax.Sin.14(3):273. Amynthas biconcavus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas tetrapapillatus Quan & Zhong 1989 Acta Zooltax.Sin.14(3):274. Amynthas tetrapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eleganis Qiu & Wang H 1992 Acta Zootax Sin 17:262 Amynthas eleganus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qiu & Wang H 1992 Acta Zootax Sin 17:264 Amynthas megapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bisemicircularis Ding & Rhui-Hhua 1985 Acta Zootax.Sin.10(4):354. Pheretima bisemicircularis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas eleganis Qui & Whang 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):262. Amynthas eleganis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas magnipapillata Qui & Whang 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):264. Amynthas magnipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus hanyuangensis Zhong 1992 Acta Zootax.Sin.17(3):270. Plutellus hanyuangensis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas meioglandularis Qui et al 1993 Acta Zootax.Sin.18(4):406. Amynthas meioglandularis - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas fasciculus Qui et al 1993 Acta Zootax.Sin.18(4):407. Amynthas fasciculus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cruroides Chen & Hsu 1975 Acta.Zool.Sin.21(1):93. Pheretima cruroides - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire hunanensis Tan & Zhong 1986 Acta.Zootax.Sin.11(2):144. Metaphire hunanensis - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire biforatum Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):128. Metaphire biforatum - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire bifoliolare Tan & Zhong 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(2):129. Metaphire bifoliolare - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire viridis Feng & Ma 1987 Acta.Zootax.Sin.12(3):248. Metaphire viridis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevipenis Qiu 1988 Acta.Zootax.Sin.13(4):340. Pheretima brevipenis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus altmani Gates 1942 Amer Midland Nat 27:89 Arctiostrotus altmani - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hirudinaria Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:14. Planapheretima hirudinaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima queribunda Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:25. Metapheretima queribunda - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevicincta Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:3. Amynthas brevicinctus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima garama Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:8. Metapheretima carolinensis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides americanus F.Smith 1897 Amer.Nat.31:203. Driloleirus americanus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex armatus Beddard 1883 Ann Mag Nat Hist 12:256 Megascolex armatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas haikouensis Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:222 Amynthas haikouensis HN201504-01A - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas flexuosus Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:224 Amynthas flexuosus HN201505-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire fortuita Qiu & Zhao 2017 Ann Zool 67:225 Metaphire fortuita HN201506-02 - PDF
Megascolecidae Perichaeta racemosa Rosa 1891 Ann.Hoff.Wien 6:399. Pheretima racemosa - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus matsushimensis indicus Michaelsen 1892 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(10)15:106. Plutellus litoralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baruana Stephenson 1932 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(10)9:209. Metaphire baruana - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus geminatus Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:418. Plutellus geminatus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus montanus Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:419. Plutellus montanus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus rudis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:420. Plutellus rudis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus tenuis Gates 1961 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(13)4:422. Plutellus tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx macintoshii Beddard 1886 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1883) XII.p.217. Perionyx macintoshii - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sexta Benham 1895 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)16:44. Metaphire sexta - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta sarawacensis Beddard & Fedarb 1895 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)16:69. Polypheretima everetti - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta bonthainensis Benham 1896 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(6)18:437. Amynthas bonthainensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hendersoniana Cognetti 1914 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)13:255. Amynthas hendersonianus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex eunephrus Cognetti 1911 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)7:498. Megascolex eunephrus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus timidus Cognetti 1911 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)7:498. Plutellus timidus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex ratus Cognetti 1911 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(8)7:500. Megascolex ratus - -
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