10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 38477 01995ca4-7d04-4402-b21a-926957b1a391 10.15468/qnrqd4 AD1F6B4E-3B0D-422C-B47C-0495BD385857 494B0149FFB17907FFAB254162078C42 Tung T. Nguyen Anh D. Nguyen Binh T. T. Tran Robert J. Blakemore plazi Plazi Magnolia Press

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info@plazi.org https://plazi.org/ DISTRIBUTOR 2016-12-31 ENGLISH This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article 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). Zootaxa 4140 (1): 1-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1AbstractThe comprehensive checklist of earthworms in Vietnam is presented here listing 24 genera and 212 species arranged in eight families. For each species, bibliographic citations are given, including the original descriptions as well as notable citations affecting taxonomic status or distributional reports of a species. Distributions of each species are also provided. The bibliography contains all relevant papers for Vietnamese earthworms. Of 212 species, 114 have been recorded only in Vietnam, and 25 are cosmopolitan. New combinations are made for Amynthas acalifornicus (Do & Huynh, 1991) comb. nov., A. binhgiaensis (Le, 1994) comb. nov., Metaphire catbaensis (Thai & Le, 1993) comb. nov., M. khoii (Do & Tran, 1994) comb. nov., M. phaluongana (Do & Huynh, 1992) comb. nov., and M. mangophila (Nguyen, 2011) comb. nov., M. tripidoporophoratus (Thai & Nguyen, 1993) comb. nov. Additionally, Pheretima paraalexandri Nguyen, 2011 is treat- ed as a junior synonym of Amynthas polychaetiferus (Thai, 1984).Key words: Megadriles, checklist, species distributions, taxonomy, exotic cosmopolitans, earthworm, fauna, Vietnam species distributions exotic cosmopolitans Vietnam earthworm fauna Megadriles checklist taxonomy To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction. Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html CC0-1.0 https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/494B0149FFB17907FFAB254162078C42 https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/dwca/494B0149FFB17907FFAB254162078C42.zip Guido Sautter gsautter@gmail.com http://plazi.org 2026-04-24T17:53:25Z Nguyen T T, Nguyen A D, Tran B T T, Blakemore R J, plazi (2016). A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-04-24.