Metaphire peguana Rosa 1890

Metaphire peguana (Rosa, 1890) Perichaeta peguana Rosa, 1890b: 113, Figs 6–8; Beddard 1895a: 403. Pheretima peguana— Michaelsen, 1900: 292; Gates 1939: 102; Gates, 1972: 207; Nakamura 1999: 43; Thai 2000a: 309; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 185; Thai et al. 2004: 759; Thai 1987: 7; Huynh 2005a: 88; Nguyen et al. 2010: 114; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123; Nguyen et al. 2011: 1025; Nguyen et al. 2012: 146; Nguyen 2013: 52; Nguyen 2014: 109. Pheretima (Amynthas) peguana— Thai 1983: 124. Pheretima peguanna (sic!) — Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116. Metaphire peguana— Sims & Easton 1972: 239; Easton, 1981: 58; Blakemore 2002: 207; Blakemore 2007a: 78; Blakemore 2008b; Blakemore 2016: 17, figs 1, 5a–c, 10. Type locality. Myanmar (Rangoon). Type material. Genoa Museum (44037), Italy. Examined material. 7 A (SORC-V.157.01) Ho Chi Minh city, 29/7/1979, coll. Ms Ly; 10 C (CTU- EW.009.01) Duyen Hai, Tra Vinh, 19–20/09/2009, coll. Nguyen Thi Anh Ngoc; 5 C (CTU-EW.009.02) Xuan Loc, Dong Nai, 10/2012, coll. Nguyen Van Thang; 15 C (CTU-EW.009.03) Vinh An, Vinh Cuu, Dong Nai, 18/10/2012, coll. Duong Chi Trong. Records from Vietnam. Binh Dinh; Tien Giang (Cai Lay); Kien Giang (Phu Quoc Isl.; Hon Dat); An Giang (Tinh Bien; Tri Ton); Ben Tre (Thanh Phu; Binh Dai; Ba Tri); Tien Giang (Cai Lay; Chau Thanh); Long An (Chau Phu; Chau Thanh); Tra Vinh (Duyen Hai; Tra Cu); Vinh Long (Vung Liem); Bac Lieu (Bac Lieu Town); Ca Mau (Nam Can); Tay Ninh (Ba Den Mts); Dong Nai (Vinh Cuu; Xuan Loc; Nhon Trach; Long Thanh) (Thai 1987; Thai et al. 2004; Nguyen V. T. & Tran 2008; Nguyen et al. 2010; Nguyen 2014). Distribution. Cosmopolitan species, also known from Thailand, Myanmar, Singapore, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia (Gates 1939, 1972; Thai & Do 1989; Blakemore 2002; Shen & Yeo 2005). Vietnamese name. Giun pegu. Remarks. Gates (1972) and Blakemore (2002) considered saigonensis Omodeo, 1957 a synonym of Metaphire peguana (Rosa, 1890). However, Thai (1984) suggested that P. saigonensis is a synonym of M. bahli. The taxa were reviewed and M. saigonensis was restored by Blakemore (2016).Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25650