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 Amynthas conchipapillatus Sun, Zhao & Qiu 2010 Zootaxa 2680:26-32 Amynthas conchipapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas dongfangensis Sun, Zhao & Qiu 2010 Zootaxa 2680:26-32 Amynthas dongfangensis - -
Megascolecidae Tokea sapida Benham 1904 Proc Zool Soc London 1904: 245 Tokea sapida - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas zhuya Blakemore 2013 J Spec res 2(2):117 Amynthas zhuya - nom. nov pro A. montanus Qiu & Sun, 2012
Megascolecidae Pheretima pacseana Thai & Samphon 1988 Sci Inf Hanoi Univ:8 Metaphire pacseana - Blakemore 2008
Megascolecidae Pheretima multitheca dipapillata Thai & Tran 1986 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 8(4):9 Metaphire dipapillata - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas ishigakiensis Shen 2018 Zootaxa 4496:319 Amynthas ishigakiensis - - PDF
Megascolecidae Amynthas iriomotensis Shen 2018 Zootaxa 4496:320 Amynthas iriomotensis - - PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima homoeotrocha Cognetti 1912 Nova Guinea 5:546 Amynthas omtrekensis - invalid emendation
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 Amynthas eleganus Qiu, Wang H & Wang W 1991 Guizhou Science 9:220 Amynthas eleganus - -
Megascolecidae Amynthas megapapillatus Qiu, Wang H & Wang W 1991 Guizhou Science 9:221 Amynthas megapapillatus - -
Megascolecidae Metaphire guizhouense Qiu, Wang H & Wang W 1991 Guizhou Science 9:222 Metaphire guizhouense - -
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 Perichaeta indica Horst 1885 Midden Sumatra 4(12):4 Pheretima darnleiensis - Sims and Easton 1972:260
Megascolecidae Pheretima ghilarovi Thai 1982 Zool.Zh.61(6):826. Amynthas ghilarovi Nguyen et al. 2016 PDF
Megascolecidae Pheretima peregrina v. papillosa Tzelepis 1943 Simvoli Olig Ell. Amynthas corticis -
Megascolecidae Pheretima dangi munglongana Thai & Tran 1986 Tap Chi Sinh Hoc 8(4):9 Amynthas munglonganus Nguyen et al. 2016 PDF
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