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 paraglandularis omeimontia Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:155. Amynthas omeimontis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima szechuanensis Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:160. Amynthas szechuanensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rockefelleri Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:238. Amynthas rockefelleri - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima thecodorsata Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:244. Metaphire thecodorsata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leucocirca Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:262. Amynthas leucocircus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima incongrua Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:270. Amynthas incongruus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata kulingiana Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:278. Amynthas corrugatus kulingianus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima zoysiae Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:288. Amynthas minimus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pingi chungkingensis Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:274. Amynthas pingi chungkingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brevicingula Chen 1939 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 12:401. Amynthas brevicingulus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima corrugata Chen 1931 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sic.Soc.China (Zool.) 7:131. Amynthas corrugatus - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta martensis javana Michaelsen 1894 Denk.Ges.Jena 8:99. Pheretima martensis javana - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex papparensis Lone et al. 2022 Diversity 14(1006):12 papparensis DHSGV-ZDM-H004 - PDF
Megascolecidae Megascolex vazhichlensis Lone et al. 2022 Diversity 14(1006):14 Megascolex vazhichlensis DHSGV-ZDM-H005 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire remanens Jin et al. 2022 Diversity 14(275):12 Metaphire remanens P1CJHUSH190521800 N5-04A not available (fails to meet ICZN 8.5.3) PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas surculatus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:25 Amynthas surculatus RUMF-ZO-00013 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas surculatus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:25 Amynthas surculatus RUMF-ZO- 00013 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas glaucus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:27 Amynthas glaucus RUMF-ZO-00018 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas glaucus Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:27 Metaphire glauca RUMF-ZO-00018 Blakemore 2022:100 PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbitae RUMF-ZO-00021 - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas cucurbitae Azama & Ishizuka 2018 Edaphologia 103:29 Amynthas cucurbita RUMF-ZO- 00021 Blakemore 2020 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima medipusilla Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas assacceus - nom. nov. pro Ph. pusilla Ohfichi, 1956
Megascolecidae Pheretima medimaculosa Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas malacus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. maculosa Gates, 1933
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparva Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas parvus - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Chen & Zhifang, 1977
Megascolecidae Pheretima mediparvula Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Metaphire parvula - nom. nov. pro. Ph. parva Ohfuchi, 1956
Megascolecidae Pheretima medicampestris Nakamura 1999 Edaphologia 64:2 Amynthas corticis - nom. nov. pro. Ph. casmpestris Lee, 1952
Megascolecidae Pheretima yambaruensis Ishizuka, Azama & Sasaki 2000 Edaphologia 65:90 Amynthas yambaruensis NSMT-An-330 -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kunigamiensis Ishizuka, Azama & Sasaki 2000 Edaphologia 65:92 Amynthas kunigamiensis NSMT-An-333 -
Megascolecidae Metaphire trutina Tsai, Chen, Tsai, Shen 2003 Endemic species research, 5: 83. Metaphire trutina - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire decemtheca Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2021 Eur J Tax 746:103 Metaphire decemtheca CTU-EW.183.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Metaphire iranomala Nguyen, Lam & Nguyen 2021 Eur J Tax 746:98 Metaphire iranomala CTU-EW.020.h01 - PDF
Megascolecidae Plutellus indicus typica Stephenson 1923 Fauna Brit.Ind.p.174. Plutellus indicus indicus - -
Megascolecidae Dashiella khandalaensis Julka 1988 Fauna India Mega.Oligo.94. Dashiella khandalaensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus wellingtonianus Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):167. Plutellus wellingtonianus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus strelitzi Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):168. Plutellus strelitzi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus woodwardi Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):171. Plutellus woodwardi - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus schümanni Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):181. Plutellus schümanni - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus termitophilus Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):164. Plutellus termitophilus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus levis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):173. Plutellus levis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus murrayensis Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):175. Plutellus murrayensis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus mendilai Michaelsen 1905 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):177. Plutellus mendilai - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus blackwoodianus Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):179. Plutellus blackwoodianus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus carneus Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):182. Plutellus carneus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus asymmetricus Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):183. Plutellus asymmetricus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides nokanenaensis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):188. Megascolides nokanenaensis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia callichaeta Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):189. Woodwardiella callichaeta - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia affinis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):191. Woodwardiella affinis - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia libferti Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):193. Woodwardiella libferti - -
Megascolecidae Woodwardia molaeleonis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):195. Woodwardiella molaeleonis - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex maecenatis Michaelsen 1907 Fauna Südwest Aust.1(2):197. Notoscolex maecenatis - -
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