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 tripuncta Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:85. Amynthas tripunctus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vivida Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:123. Amynthas vividus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima leonoris Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:114. Metaphire leonoris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima longipenis Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:91. Metaphire longipenis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima prava Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:90. Metaphire prava - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tecta Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:120. Metaphire tecta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima cupreae Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:117. Amynthas cupreae - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Pheretima bambophilia Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:86. Planapheretima bambophilia - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima continens Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:95. Planapheretima continens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima lacertina Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:109. Planapheretima lacertina HNUE 2C -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tenebrica Chen 1946 J.W.China Border Res.Soc.16:93. Planapheretima tenebrica - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima clerica Benham 1947 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.76:423. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baliemensis Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):144. Metaphire baliemensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima habbemana Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):151. Pheretima habbemana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bernhardi Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):149. Pheretima (Planapheretima) bernhardi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufa Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):160. Pheretima (Planapheretima) rufa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufomaculata Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):162. Planapheretima rufomaculata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flustrella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:19. Amynthas flustrellus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima balingensis Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:10. Metaphire balingensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima flocellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:15. Metaphire flocellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fovella Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:21. Metaphire fovella - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima strellana Gates 1949 Bull.Raffles Mus.19:34. Metaphire strellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima enkyokuanus Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Res.Tokyo 19-21:60. Amynthas enkyokuanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima indigo Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Res.Tokyo 19-21:58. Metaphire indigo - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sanseiana Ohfuchi 1951 Misc.Rept.Inst.Nat.Resources Tokyo 19-21:19. Metaphire sanseiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima campestris Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:39. Amynthas campestris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima houlleti bidenryoana Ohfuchi 1956 Journ.of.Agr.Sci.Tokyo 3:169. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima noharuzakiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:175. Amynthas flavescens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pusilla Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:138. Amynthas assacceus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima parvula Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:152. Metaphire parvula - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima sonaiensis Ohfuchi 1956 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:154. Metaphire sonaiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima saigonensis Omodeo 1956 Mem.Mus.Civ.St.Nat.Verona 5:327. Metaphire bahli - Nguyen et al. 2021 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima lavangguana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel.Is.2:14. Amynthas lavangguanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rennelana Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel Is.2:11. Amynthas rennelanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima pickfordi Gates 1957 Nat.Hist.Rennel.Is.2:18. Metapheretima pickfordi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hatomajimensis Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo vol.3.no.2:245. Amynthas corticis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima obtusa Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo vol.3.no.244. Amynthas obtusus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima riukiuensis Ohfuchi 1957 J.Agric.Sci.Tokyo 3:248. Metaphire riukiuensis - -
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 Pheretima queribunda Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:25. Metapheretima queribunda - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima hirudinaria Gates 1958 Amer.Mus.Nov.no.1888:14. Planapheretima hirudinaria - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima polyglandularis Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:30. Amynthas polyglandularis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima swanus Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:13. Amynthas swanus - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima taipeiensis Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:12. Amynthas taipeiensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima yuhsi Tsai 1964 Quart.J.Taiwan Mus.17:5. Metaphire yuhsii - Blakemore 2005
Megascolecidae Pheretima tumulifaciens Lee 1967 Trans.Roy.Soc.S.Aust.91:59. Metapheretima jocchana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima loveridgei Gates 1968 J.Nat.Hist.2:257. Amynthas loveridgei - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kaironkensis Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:387. Amynthas kaironkensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima schraderi Gates 1970 Aust.Zool.15:388. Amynthas schrader - -
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