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

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 Amynthas tokioensis spp-group, whilst Amynthas jinburi Blakemore sp. n. has...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 307; no. 307; pp. 35 - 44
Main Authors Blakemore, Robert J, Lee, Seunghan, Lee, Wonchoel, Seo, Hong-Yul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 01.01.2013
Subjects
Amynthas
COI protein
Endemic species
Megascolecidae
Mitochondrial DNA
Oligochaeta
Preservation
Zoology
invertebrate biodiversity
Soil fauna
molecular barcodes
new endemic taxa
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Summary: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 Amynthas tokioensis spp-group, whilst Amynthas jinburi Blakemore sp. n. has spermathecal pores in 5 & 6 strictly complying with Sims and Easton's (1972)Amynthas canaliculatus-group. A definitive COI gene barcode is provided for the holotype of Amynthas daeari but the age since collection or preservation of the Amynthas jinburi type in 2000 precluded its mtDNA extraction at this time.
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Academic editor: Chris Glasby
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.307.5362