Earthworm species. A searchable database*
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FAMILY GENUS SPECIES AUTHOR YEAR LITERATURE VALID_GENUS VALID_SPECIES TYPE REFERENCE DESCRIPTION
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufa Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):160. Pheretima (Planapheretima) rufa - -
Megascolecidae Pheretima rufomaculata Gates 1948 Treubia 19(2):162. Planapheretima rufomaculata - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus altmani Gates 1942 Amer Midland Nat 27:89 Arctiostrotus altmani - -
Megascolecidae Notoscolex hakeaphilus Benham 1949 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.77:346. Notoscolex hakeaphilus - -
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 Cryptodrilus microchaeta Benham 1950 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.78:324. Cryptodrilus microchaeta - -
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 Diporochaeta obtusa Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:41. Diporochaeta obtusa - -
Megascolecidae Megascolex novae-zelandiae Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:38. Megascolex novae-zelandiae - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides albus Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:35. Megascolides albus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides fuscus Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:32. Megascolides fuscus - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides irregularis Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:34. Megascolides irregularis - -
Megascolecidae Megascolides raglani Lee 1952 Trans Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:31. Megascolides raglani - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx egmonti Lee 1952 Trans.Roy.Soc.N.Z.80:43. Perionyx egmonti - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus blacki Macnab & McKey F. 1952 Washmann J.Biol.10:347. Nephrallaxis blacki - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus davisi Macnab & McKey F. 1952 Washmann J.Biol.10:344. Nephrallaxis davisi - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx memoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):345. Perionyx memoralis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx montanus Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):433. Perionyx montanus - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx nemoralis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):435. Perionyx nemoralis - -
Megascolecidae Perionyx tenuis Gates 1954 Ark.Zool.6(20):437. Perionyx tenuis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus leucaspis Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52(1):65. Plutellus leucaspis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus longus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52(1):66. Plutellus longus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus macer Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:67. Plutellus macer - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus pauxillulus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:70. Plutellus pauxillulus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus subtilis Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:73. Plutellus subtilis - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus thanbulanus Gates 1954 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:74. Plutellus thanbulanus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus compositus Gates 1955 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:61. Plutellus compositus - -
Megascolecidae Plutellus comptus Gates 1955 Rec.Ind.Mus.52:62. Plutellus comptus - -
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 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 Plutellus macnabi McKey F. 1957 Washmann J.Biol.15(1):49. Macnabodrilus macnabi - -
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 - -
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