Two new Korean earthworms (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae)

By

Blakemore, Robert J. (Robert John)
Lee, Seunghan
Lee, Wonchoel 1966-
Seo, Hong-Yul

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

307

Pages

35-44

Subjects

invertebrate biodiversity , molecular barcodes , new endemic taxa , Soil fauna

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.307.5362

 

Abstract

Two Korean endemic pheretimoid Amynthas Kinberg, 1867 species belonging in family Megascolecidae s. stricto are sketched, dissected and described. Amynthas daeari Blakemore sp. n. has spermathecae in 6/7/8 complying with an A. tokioensis spp-group, whilst Amynthas jinburi Blakemore sp. n. has spermathecal pores in 5 & 6 strictly complying with Sims & Easton’s (1972) A. canaliculatus-group. A definitive COI gene barcode is provided for the holotype of A. daeari but the age since collection or preservation of the A. jinburi type in 2000 precluded its mtDNA extraction at this time.