The First Record of Metaphire Birmanica (Rosa, 1888) in Vietnam, with Notes on Several Earthworm Species

Dang Hai Lam (Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam)
Anh Duc Nguyen (Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)
Tung Thanh Nguyen (Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho city, Vietnam)

Jurnal Biodjati
Vol 5, No 1 (2020): May

The Amynthas and Metaphire species recorded in Vietnam have been rechecked based on original descriptions and preserved specimens. As a result, Metaphire birmanica (Rosa, 1888) is recorded in Vietnam for the first time. The species is recognized by having three pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6/7/8, male pores in xviii, presence of copulatory pouches, no genial markings, and manicate intestinal caeca. In addition, three species have been rechecked and re-assigned to different genera, namely Amynthas tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire dranfocana (Do & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov., Metaphire anhumalatana (Thai & Huynh, 1993) comb. nov.