Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima anomala typica Stephenson 1929 Rec.Ind.Mus.31:234. Metaphire anomala - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Pheretima kiangsuensis Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:24. Metaphire tschiliensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vulgaris Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Natn.Cent.Univ.Nanking.1:12. Metaphire vulgaris vulgaris - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima vulgaris agricola Chen 1930 Sci.Rept.Nat.Cent.Univ.Nanking 1:18. Metaphire vulgaris agricola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima insulanus Gates 1930 Rec.Ind.Mus.32:312. Metaphire insulana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kockensis Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.6:2. Metaphire kockensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima singgalangi Michaelsen 1930 Bull.Mus.Nat.Hist.Belg.6:3. Metaphire singgalangi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima berhalana Stephenson 1930 Misc.Zool.Sumatrana 45:1. Metaphire berhalana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima browni Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.363:372. Metaphire molesta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima campanulata penetralis Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:435. Metaphire campanulata penetralis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima gemella Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.35:379. Metaphire gemella - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima kengtungensis Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:394. Metaphire kengtungensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mamillana Gates 1931 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:400. Metaphire mamillana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tibetana Michaelsen 1931 Peking.Nat.Hist.Bull.5:13. Metaphire tibetana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima campanulata meridiana Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:457. Metaphire campanulata meridiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima inclara Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:43. Metaphire inclara - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima mendosa Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:473. Metaphire mendosa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima quadrigemina Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:486. Metaphire quadrigemina - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima umbraticola Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.34:484. Metaphire umbraticola - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima molesta Gates 1932 Rec.Ind.Mus.33:420. Metaphire californica - Blakemore 2007
Megascolecidae Pheretima feuerborni Michaelsen 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:605. Metaphire feuerborni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima musiana Michaelsen 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:614. Metaphire musiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima tjandiana Michaelsen 1932 Bull.Mus.Hist.Nat.Belg.8(32):5. Metaphire tjandiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bryoni Michaelsen & Boldt 1932 Arch.Hydrobiol.9:618. Metaphire bryoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima baruana Stephenson 1932 Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(10)9:209. Metaphire baruana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima brinchangensis Stephenson 1932 Bull.Raffles Mus.7:42. Metaphire brinchangensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ladjangensis Ude 1932 Arch.Naturg.1:138. Metaphire ladjangensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima thecodorsata Chen 1933 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 9:244. Metaphire thecodorsata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ichangensis Fang 1933 Sinensia Nank.3:180. Metaphire ichangensis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima aggera Kobayashi 1934 J.Chosen.Nat.Hist.Soc.19:7. Metaphire aggera - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima amplectens Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:501. Metaphire amplectens - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bianensis duplofasciata Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:514. Metaphire bianensis duplofasciata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dalatana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:533. Metaphire dalatana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dawydovi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:517. Metaphire dawydovi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima floresiana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:108. Metaphire floresiana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima fordi Michaelsen 1934 Quart.J.Micros.Sci.(n.s.) 77:40. Metaphire fordi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima langbiangi Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:522. Metaphire langbiangi - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima stephensoni Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:543. Metaphire stephensoni - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima varellana Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Zool.Exp.Gen.76:511. Metaphire varellana - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima helvola Michaelsen 1934 Arch.Neerl.Zool.1:100. Metaphire honbaensis - Gates 1941:1
Megascolecidae Pheretima flavarundoida Chen 1935 Bull.Fan.Mem.Inst.Biol.6:51. Metaphire flavarundoida - -
Megascolecidae Perichaeta paeta Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):13. Metaphire paeta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima abdita Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):5. Metaphire abdita - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bucculenta Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Metaphire bucculenta - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exilis Gates 1935 Smithsonian Misc.Coll.93(3):7. Metaphire exilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima grahami Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):9. Metaphire grahami - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima ignobilis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):11. Metaphire ignobilis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima praepinguis Gates 1935 Smithson.Misc.Coll.93(3):15. Metaphire praepinguis - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima bipapillata Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:280. Metaphire bipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima exiloides Chen 1936 Cont.Biol.Lab.Sci.Soc.China (Zool.) 11:280. Metaphire exiloides - -
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