Amynthas hupeiensis Michaelsen 1895

Amynthas hupeiensis (Michaelsen, 1895) Pheretima hupeiensis Michaelsen, 1895: 35, figs 11–12; Michaelsen 1900: 273; Chen 1933: 251, fig. 19; Gates 1972: 213; Le 1995a: 43; Thai 2000a: 309. Amynthas hupeiensis— Sims & Easton 1972: 237; Blakemore 2002: 168; Blakemore 2007: 50. Amynthas hupiensis (sic!) — Easton 1981: 53. Type locality. China (Hupei). Type material. Unknown. Examined material. 5 A (SORC-V.143.01) and 3 C (CTU-EW.062.01), Binh Gia, Lang Son, 26/03/1992. Records from Vietnam. Lang Son (Binh Gia) (Le 1995a). Distribution. A cosmopolitan species; widely reported from China, Korea, Japan, North America, and New Zealand (Easton 1981; Blakemore 2002). Remark. The species is distinguished from Metaphire bahli and Metaphire peguana by the absence of copulatory pouches (Le 1995a).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 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25650