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Issue: Vol. 4496 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.21
Page range: 259–268
Abstract views: 47
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Two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Guangxi Province, China

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station, State Forestry Administration, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station, State Forestry Administration, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station, State Forestry Administration, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station, State Forestry Administration, Shanghai, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai, China Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, China Shanghai Urban Forest Research Station, State Forestry Administration, Shanghai, China
Annelida Clitellata taxonomy Amynthas sieboldi-group new species cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene

Abstract

Two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Amynthas are described from Guangxi Province, China: Amynthas crassitubus sp. nov. and Amynthas stabilis sp. nov. from Shiwan Mountain Nature Reserve. The two species have three pairs of spermathecal pores in 6/7–8/9, and belong to the sieboldi-group. COI barcode sequences support their status as new species.

 

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