Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)

Earthworm specimens collected from Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand, were found to contain four new species in the family Megascolecidae, with one species in the genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972, and the other three in the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867. These are herein named...

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Autores principales: Chanabun, Ratmanee, Aoonkum, Anuwat, Seesamut, Teerapong, Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Panha, Somsak
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37675339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.106517
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author Chanabun, Ratmanee
Aoonkum, Anuwat
Seesamut, Teerapong
Bantaowong, Ueangfa
Panha, Somsak
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Aoonkum, Anuwat
Seesamut, Teerapong
Bantaowong, Ueangfa
Panha, Somsak
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description Earthworm specimens collected from Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand, were found to contain four new species in the family Megascolecidae, with one species in the genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972, and the other three in the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867. These are herein named Metaphiresongkhramensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. in the sexthecal houlleti species group, and Amynthassakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov., A.auriculus Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov., and A.bantanensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. in the sexthecal aelianus species group. Metaphiresongkhramensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in dark clay soil of the oxbow lake of the river, Amynthassakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in wetland area, A.auriculus Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in dark sandy loam habitats of mixed deciduous forest while the following species, A.bantanensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in sandy loam habitats of paddy fields. Descriptions of the new species, including illustrations of the external and internal morphological characteristics, are provided.
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spelling pubmed-104779092023-09-06 Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) Chanabun, Ratmanee Aoonkum, Anuwat Seesamut, Teerapong Bantaowong, Ueangfa Panha, Somsak Zookeys Research Article Earthworm specimens collected from Sakon Nakhon and Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand, were found to contain four new species in the family Megascolecidae, with one species in the genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972, and the other three in the genus Amynthas Kinberg, 1867. These are herein named Metaphiresongkhramensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. in the sexthecal houlleti species group, and Amynthassakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov., A.auriculus Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov., and A.bantanensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. in the sexthecal aelianus species group. Metaphiresongkhramensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in dark clay soil of the oxbow lake of the river, Amynthassakonnakhonensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in wetland area, A.auriculus Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in dark sandy loam habitats of mixed deciduous forest while the following species, A.bantanensis Chanabun & Panha, sp. nov. occurs in sandy loam habitats of paddy fields. Descriptions of the new species, including illustrations of the external and internal morphological characteristics, are provided. Pensoft Publishers 2023-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10477909/ /pubmed/37675339 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.106517 Text en Ratmanee Chanabun, Anuwat Aoonkum, Teerapong Seesamut, Ueangfa Bantaowong, Somsak Panha https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chanabun, Ratmanee
Aoonkum, Anuwat
Seesamut, Teerapong
Bantaowong, Ueangfa
Panha, Somsak
Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title_full Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title_fullStr Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title_full_unstemmed Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title_short Four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast Thailand (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)
title_sort four new terrestrial earthworm species from the northeast thailand (oligochaeta, megascolecidae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10477909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37675339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1176.106517
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