Metaphire easupana

Metaphire easupana (Thai & Huynh, 1993) Pheretima easupana Thai & Huynh, 1993 (in: Thai et al. 1993): 14, fig. 1C; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh 2006: 121. Metaphire? easupana— Blakemore 2007a: 32; Blakemore 2008b. Type locality. Vietnam (Dak Lak: Ea Sup). Type material. SORC, Vietnam. Examined material. 4 C (SORC-HPV.043.01) Banana garden, Ea Lop, Ea Sup, Dak Lak, 19/10/1989, coll. Huynh Thi Kim Hoi. Records from Vietnam. Dak Lak (Ea Sup) (Thai et al. 1993; Huynh 2005a). Distribution. Only known from Vietnam. Vietnamese name. Giun easup. Remarks. Blakemore (2007a) stated its status as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and presence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Metaphire is confirmed here.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 56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25650