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Species Aporodrilus urethrae (Jamieson, 1974)

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Species Aporodrilus urethrae (Jamieson, 1974)

  • Type data:
     Holotype TMH K341 mature specimen (dissected), ANM Road, Styx River Bridge, nr Maydena, SW Tasmania [42°50'S 146°35'E].
    Paratype(s) BMNH 1973.2.24 one mature specimen (dissected) (this specimen was reassigned to Aporodrilus monogynus by Blakemore (2000d)), Arve Valley, 10 miles from Geeveston, SE Tasmania [43°10'S 146°50'E]; TMH K342 mature specimen (dissected), ANM Road, Styx River Bridge, nr Maydena, SW Tasmania [42°50'S 146°35'E]; TMH K343-345 3 mature specimens, Arve Valley, 10 miles from Geeveston, SW Tasmania [43°10'S 146°50'E]; BMNH 1973.2.25 mature specimen, Florentine Valley, SW Tasmania [42°35'S 146°25'E]; TMH K350 mature specimen (dissected), Florentine, SW Tasmania [42°25'S 146°25'E]; AM W5313-5314 2 mature specimens (one specimen (W5313, paratype 8) was reassigned to Aporodrilus monogynus by Blakemore (2000d)), Florentine [42°25'S 146°25'E]; AM W5315-5317 3 mature specimens, Florentine Valley [42°35'S 146°25'E]; BJ T52-53 2 mature specimens, Tarraleah, SW Tasmania [42°20'S 146°25'E]; BJ T54 one specimen, Dee Bridge, Lyell Highway, SW Tasmania [42°15'S 146°35'E]; BMNH 1973.2.26-27 2 mature specimens, Maydena [42°45'S 146°40'E]; BJ T55-56 2 mature specimens, Russell River, SW Tasmania; BJ T57 one mature specimen, Kallista, near Junee, Tasmania [42°45'S 146°35'E]; TMH K351 one mature spcimen, Snowy Mountains, SW Tasmania [43°00'S 146°40'E]; TMH K346-349 4 mature specimens (these four specimens were reassigned to Aporodrilus monogynus by Blakemore (2000d); within his table indicating variation in the position of genital markings Jamieson (1974: 290) includes Paratype 26 but this is not listed under 'Material Examined'), Arve Valley, 10 miles from Geeveston, SW Tasmania [43°10'S 146°50'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania


Extra Distribution Information

SW, Central and N Tasmania.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

 

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [291] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement retained species in Cryptodrilus; monograph published contemporaneously with Blakemore (2000))

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
15-Jul-2010 MODIFIED