• Diplotrema Spencer, W.B. 1900. Further descriptions of Australian earthworms, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13(1): 29-67 [31].

  Type species:

   Diplotrema fragilis Spencer, 1900 by original designation.
• Eodrilus Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. pp. 117-232 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [141].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT) ; WA: Dampierland (DL)

Diagnosis

Setae 8 per segment. Prostates 2 pairs, tubular, their pores on XVII and XIX; rarely a single pair, on XVII. Male pores a single pair, on XVIII, occasionally in 17/18, or rarely, combined with the prostatic pores on XVII; exceptionally, with prostatic pores in XVII, and male pores at 17/18; Spermathecal pores 2 pairs, at 7/8 and 8/9, ventrolateral, or a single pair, at 8/9. Nephropores in a single series on each side, or, exceptionally, alternating regularly between cd and a point far dorsal of d. Gizzard usually well-developed, muscular, in V, or, rarely, in ?VI. Calciferous glands present or absent. Holonephric, avesiculate. Holandric or rarely, metandric. Testis-sacs absent. Penial setae invariably present; genital setae usually present, but sometimes lacking.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). (review, key to species)

Dyne, G.R. & Wallace, C.C. 1994. Biodiversity and conservation of the earthworm fauna of the wet tropics of Queensland's World Heritage area. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 36(1): 59-66 (four species listed from the Wet Tropics Queensland World Heritage Area, including one not previously recorded from the area)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part II — The subfamilies Ocnerodrilinae and Acanthodrilinae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 82: 95-108 [100-102] (established the subgenus Notiodrilus)

Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [447-448] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement emended diagnosis of Diplotrema and placed as subgenus: Microscolex (Diplotrema))

History of changes

• Diplotrema acropetra Jamieson, B.G.M. 1997. Some new and previously known earthworm species from Cape York Peninsula (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 233-270 [233-237, figs 1-4, 39].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMG212027 specimen and glass slide of right genital seta (coll. McDonald, K.R. & Lethbridge, P.J.), Rocky Peak, Cape Melville National Park, 450 m [14°43'54"S 144°46'45"E].
  Paratype(s) QM G212028-212036.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [31, figs 6-8] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema anomala Jamieson, B.G.M., McDonald, K.R. & James, S. 2015. A new species of Diplotrema (Acanthodrilinae, Metagynophora, Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) from the Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 59: 171-176 [170].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G231042, Einasleigh Uplands Bioregion of Queensland, Girringun National Park, Princess Hills section, 3.1 km by road from main entrance gate towards Princess Hills Ranger Station [18°19’21”S 145°24’10”E].
  Paratype(s) QM G231043–231047 5 specimens, data as for holotype.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

History of changes

• Diplotrema armatissima Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [450-452].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8382, Casuarina Hospital site, Darwin [12°21'S 130°53'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8383 1 specimen, Casuarina Hospital site, Darwin [12°21'S 130°53'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [114, figs 98, 99] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema armifera Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [35, figs 9, 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2930 mature but aclitellate specimen, Waterfall Creek, near Bruce Highway, 25 km S of Ingham [18°47'S 146°09'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2946, Waterfall Creek, near Bruce Highway, 25 km S of Ingham [18°47'S 146°09'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema athertoni Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [36, figs 11, 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2919 clitellate specimen, near the curtain fig tree, 12 km from Yungaburra, Atherton Tableland, N Qld [17°17'S 145°34'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2920 clitellate specimen, near the curtain fig tree, 12 km from Yungaburra, Atherton Tableland, N Qld [17°17'S 145°34'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema attenuata Jamieson, B.G.M. 1997. Some new and previously known earthworm species from Cape York Peninsula (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 233-270 [237].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMG212000 specimen and glass slides of setae, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E].
  Paratype(s) QM G212038-46, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E]; QM G212019-21, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E]; QM G213386-90, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E]; QM G211972, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E]; QM G213402-04 21-23 specimens, Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range [13°44'17"S 143°20'15"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [38, figs 13-15] (description)

History of changes

• Acanthodrilus australis Michaelsen, W. 1889. Oligochaeten des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. I. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 6: 3-17 [9-12, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB V398, Cape York Peninsula, Qld.
  Paratype(s) USNM 020979 (under Acanthodrilus australis, possibly a paratype).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cape York Peninsula.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [41, figs 16, 17] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema bidiverticulata Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [42, figs 18, 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2901, near curtain fig tree, 12 km from Yungaburra, Atherton Tableland, North Queensland [17°17'S 145°34'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2902, 16 km S of Atherton, on Herberton Road [17°25'S 145°31'E]; ANIC GD.95.2.2 5 immature specimens, 16 km S of Atherton, on Herberton Road [17°25'S 145°31'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Atherton Tableland.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema bifistularis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [44, figs 20, 21].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2940 mature but aclitellate specimen, 29 km S of Rockhampton, near Bruce Highway, CE Queensland [23°22'S 150°32'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2941 3 specimens, 29 km S of Rockhampton, near Bruce Highway, CE Queensland [23°22'S 150°32'E]; whereabouts unknown 2 specimens, circa 3 km S of Marlborough, CE Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema biloela Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1792-1794, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC RB.94.5.1, banks of Callide Creek, Biloela, Queensland [24°24'S 150°31'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC RB.94.5.2, banks of Callide Creek, Biloela, Queensland [24°24'S 150°31'E]; ANIC RB.94.5.3 3 specimens, banks of Callide Creek, Biloela, Queensland [24°24'S 150°31'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [45] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema boardmani Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [46, figs 22, 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W17881, circa 3.2 km from Gladstone, CE Queensland [23°52'S 151°15'E].
  Paratype(s) AM W17882-95 14 specimens, circa 3.2 km from Gladstone, CE Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema bulburrinensis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [47, figs 24, 25].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2897, Bulburrin State Forest, SW of Miriam Vale, Qld [24°33'S 151°22'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema capella Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1795-1797].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC RB.94.6.2, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC RB.94.6.2, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E]; ANIC RB.94.6.3, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E]; ANIC RB.94.6.4, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E]; ANIC RB.94.6.5 9 large, 33 immature specimens, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E]; ANIC RB.94.6.6 2 mature and 1 immature specimens, Capella, near Emerald, Queensland [23°05'S 148°01'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [49] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema capricorniae Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [49, figs 26, 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2895 clitellate, posterior regenerate specimen, 9.5 km S of Rockhampton [23°22'S 150°32'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2896 clitellate spcimen, 9.5 km S of Rockhampton [23°22'S 150°32'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema conwayi Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [51].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2903 clitellate specimen (dissected), Conway National Park, 300 m along main walking track [20°21'S 148°46'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2915, Conway National Park, 300 m along main walking track [20°21'S 148°46'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Near swamp.

History of changes

• Eodrilus cornigravei Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeten von Australien. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 19(1): 1-25 [144].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM 021046 'fragments', Cannington, Australia; WAM 4403; ZMHB 4219 (see Reynolds, J.W. & Cook, D.G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. New Brunswick : University of New Brunswick).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [112, figs 96, 97] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema cornutheca Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [52, figs 30, 31].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2932, Little Saltwater Creek, 40 km S of Charters Towers, Queensland [19°54'S 146°35'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2933-34, Little Saltwater Creek, 40 km S of Charters Towers, Queensland [19°54'S 146°35'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema crateris Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [54, figs 32, 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC GD95.1.1, The Crater (Mt Hypipamee) National Park [17°26'S 145°29'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC GD.95.6.1, ca 13 km SW of Millaa Millaa on Ravenshoe Road [17°34'S 145°36'E]; ANIC GD.95.1.1, The Crater (Mt Hypipamee) National Park [17°26'S 145°29'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Eodrilus daemeli Michaelsen, W. 1910. Die Oligochaeten Fauna der Vorderindisch-Ceylonischen region. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 19(5): 1-108 [58-60] [as Eodrilus dämeli].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH 3679 dissected, Rockhampton, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) USNM 021047.
• ?Acanthodrilus schmardae Beddard, F.E. 1892. The earthworms of the Vienna Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 113-134 [132].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [55] (description, discussion re identities of A. schmardae and E. daemeli)

History of changes

• Diplotrema elstobi Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1797-1799].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC RB.94.7.1, CSIRO Narayen, Queensland [25°44'S 150°44'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC RB.94.7.2-4, CSIRO Narayen, Queensland [25°44'S 150°44'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [56] (description)

History of changes

• Acanthodrilus eremius Spencer, W.B. 1896. Acanthodrilus eremius, a new species of earthworm. pp. 416-420 in Horn, W.A. (ed.). Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. London. [418, pl. 29, figs 1-5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH V6909, NT: 24°18'S 132°41'E, Illamurta, James Range; NT, 24°24'S 131°47'E, Bagot's Creek, George Gill Range; NT, 23°40'S 132°43'E, Finke Gorge, McDonnell Range; USNM 021048.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [115, fig. 100] (description)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part II — The subfamilies Ocnerodrilinae and Acanthodrilinae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 82: 95-108 [102] (emended the name from N. eremus to N. eremius)

History of changes

• Diplotrema eungellae Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [57, figs 35, 36].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2945, 3 km from Eungella towards Collinsvale [21°09'S 148°29'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown; QM GH2944, Eagle View Lookout, Eungella National Park [21°08'S 148°30'E]; QM GHGH2945, 3 km from Eungella towards Collinsvale [21°09'S 148°29'E]; QM GH2943, Broken River, Eungella National Park [21°11'S 148°32.5'E]; ANIC GD.95.43.5, Peases Lookout, 2.5 km from Eungella, in rainforest [21°07'S 148°31'E]; QM GH2944 (Acc. no. shared with P2-4), Eagle View Lookout, Eungella National Park [21°08'S 148°30'E]; ANIC GD.95.55.1, Finch-Hatton Gorge [21°08'S 148°38'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Diplotrema falcatoides Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [59, figs 37, 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH2938, Banks of Lotus Creek, 94 km S of Sarina [22°21.5'S 149°06'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH2939, Banks of Lotus Creek, 94 km S of Sarina, Queensland [22°21.5'S 149°06'E]; ANIC GD.95.62.1 (registration contains other specimens), Lotus Creek, Queensland [22°21.5'S 149°06'E]; ANIC GD.95.63.1 numerous intact clitellates, immature specimens and fragments, Stockyard Creek, 145 km S of Sarina [22°43'S 149°18'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema fragilis Spencer, W.B. 1900. Further descriptions of Australian earthworms, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13(1): 29-67 [31-32, pl. IV, figs 4-6].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NMV G31 3 complete specimens, one immature (re-examined by Blakemore (1997)), Gayndah, Queensland [ca 25°37'39''S 151°36'38''E]; NMV G101 3 specimens, Cooran, Queensland.

  Secondary source:

   Sweet, G. 1900. On the structure of the spermiducal glands and associated parts in Australian earthworms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 28: 109-139 [114-115]; Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. pp. 117-232 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Verlag. [142]; Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part II — The subfamilies Ocnerodrilinae and Acanthodrilinae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 82: 95-108 [100-102].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Gayndah and Cooran.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1998. Two new semi-aquatic species of Diplotrema (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Acanthodrilinae), with a redescription of the type species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 487-493 [488] (revised description, and comments)

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [61] (description)

Jensz, R.L. & Smith, B.J. 1969. Catalogue of Baldwin Spencer earthworm types in the National Museum of Victoria, Australia. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 29: 85-110 [94]

Michaelsen, W. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910-1913. XIII. Oligochäten. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52: 3-74 (as Plutellus (Diplotrema) fragilis)

History of changes

• Rhododrilus glandifera Jamieson, B.G.M. 1995. New species and a new genus of earthworms in the collections of the Queensland Museum (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 575-596 [575, figs 1, 2A-C, 3A-F].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G211465, Qld, altitude 400-440 m, Palmerston National Park, along track to Nandrooya Falls [17°35'S 145°45'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G211478, G211511.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [100, figs 85-89] (description, as Diplotrema glandifera)

History of changes

• Diplotrema glareaphila Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [63, figs 41, 42].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, 51 km E of Charter's Towers, Qld; in gravelly soil [19°54'S 146°41'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown 2 semi-mature specimens and juveniles.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Charters Towers area.

IBRA

Qld: Channel Country (CHC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema gracilis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [139, figs 127, 128].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM 2931, NT, Fogg Dam Road, near Darwin; in loamy soil [12°34'S 131°16'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema helonoma Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1998. Two new semi-aquatic species of Diplotrema (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Acanthodrilinae), with a redescription of the type species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 487-493 [489].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ANICDG.95.144.1 (coll. G. Dyne & A. Postle), Ban Ban Springs, SE Qld [25°41'S 151°49'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC ANICGD.95.144.1 4 specimens, Ban Ban Springs, SE Qld [25°41'S 151°49'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller, swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

In black swampy soil at and below the water table.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [64, figs 43, 44]

History of changes

• Microscolex (Diplotrema) heteropora Dyne, G.R. 1979. A new species of bioluminescent earthworm from North Queensland belonging to the subgenus Diplotrema (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 373-379 [373].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8890 (coll. G. Dyne), Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville; under bladey grass in sandy soil, about 3 m up creek back [19°30'S 147°02'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8932, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; AM W6634-5, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; BMNH 1978.1.17, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; AM W6636, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville [19°36'S 146°55'E]; QM G8891, 8894, 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart [19°17'S 146°49'E]; AM W6637, 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart [19°17'S 146°49'E]; GD 1977.1-2 (coll. G. Nash), 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart; in moist sandy soil [19°17'S 146°49'E]; QM G8892-3, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville; in moist to saturated sandy loam under grass and open eucalypts [19°36'S 146°55'E]; BMNH 1978.1.17, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville [19°36'S 146°55'E]; GD 1978.3, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; BMNH 1978.1.18, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; AM W6638, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; QM G8895-6, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; in moist black clayey soil.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [66, figs 45-48]

History of changes

• Diplotrema ingrami Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [68, figs 49, 50].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC GD.95.5.1, Qld, Weipa area, along road to Andoom mining site; in open Eucalyptus forest, under log in brown-black soil [12°21'S 141°52'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Under log.

History of changes

• Diplotrema inornata Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [70, figs 51, 52].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2922, Qld, Spring Creek, ca 16 km W of Bowen, on the Bruce Highway; in sandy soil in creek bed near bridge [20°00'S 148°05'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema insularis Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [454].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8384, NT, 3 km N of Garden Point, Melville Island [11°21'S 130°26'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8385-8387, G8388-8392, NT, 1.5 km N of Garden Point [11°22'S 130°26'E]; AM W6603, 6604.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [117, figs 101C-E, 102, 103] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema intermedia Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [456].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8393, NT, 7 km NE of Howard Springs [12°27'S 131°07'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8394, NT, 5 km towards Humpty Doo from the Stuart Highway turnoff [12°34'S 131°06'E]; QM G8395-8399, NT, Robin Falls, 140 km S of Darwin [13°27'S 131°08'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [119, figs 101F, G, 104, 105] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema lamberti Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [71, figs 53, 54].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2916, Qld, Spring Creek, approximately 116 road km N of Marlborough (Queensland Museum catalogue states 'circa 183 km N of Rockhampton'); under bridge in creek bank in black, muddy alluvium [22°35'S 149°14'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH 2917; ANIC GD 95.64.1.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema longiductis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [73, figs 55, 56].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2913, N Qld, 27 road km N of Proserpine; in sandy soil [20°14'S 148°25'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH 2914; ANIC GD.95.56.1.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Acanthodrilus macleayi Fletcher, J.J. 1890. Notes on Australian earthworms—Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(2): 987-1019 [999].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MMUS (lost), WA, Napier Range, 100 miles S of King's Sound.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

WA: Dampierland (DL)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [113] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema magna Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [75, figs 57, 58].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC GD 95.61.1, S central Qld, approximately 6 km N of Bororen (10 km from Miriam Vale), at roadside; in swampy black soil near creek bridge [24°12'S 150°29'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC GD.95.61.3.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema magnetis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [76, figs 59, 60].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2911, Qld, Horseshoe Bay, Magnetic Island, near Townsville; in a moist gully, black loam [19°07'S 146°49'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH 2912.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema mantoni Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [458].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8400, NT, beside Manton River, 67 km S of Darwin [12°50'S 131°08'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8401, G222931 (previously BJ.1975.3); AM W6605.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Pine Creek (PCK)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [121, figs 101J, 106, 107] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema melaleucae Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [459].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8402, NT, Garden Point, Melville Island [11°24'S 130°26'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8403-8405, G8408, 8409, G8407; AM W6606.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [122, figs 101K, 108, 109] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema minuta Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [461].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8410, NT, Bagot Road, Darwin [12°25'S 130°51'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8411, 8421 (re-registration); AM W6607.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [124, figs 101L, 110, 111] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema montislewisi Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [78, figs 61, 62].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2921, N Qld, Mount Lewis; under rocks in wet mesophyll vine-forest at the summit; soil parent material granites and schists [16°34'S 145°17'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Under rocks.

History of changes

• Diplotrema narayensis Blakemore, R.J. 1997. Two new genera and some new species of Australian earthworms (Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta). Journal of Natural History 31(12): 1785-1848 [1799-1802].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC RB.94.7.7 mature specimen (dissected), pasture plots at CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC R.B.94.7.8 semi-mature specimen (dissected), pasture plots at CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E]; ANIC RB.94.7.11 mature specimen (dissected), CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E]; ANIC RB.94.7.13 mature specimen, CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E]; ANIC RB.94.7.9 38 specimens, CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E]; ANIC RB.94.7.12 one mature, one subadult and 4 immature specimens, CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E]; ANIC RB.94.7.14 one mature specimen, 3 subadults (one dissected) and 2 immature specimens, CSIRO Narayen Research Station, Queensland [25°44'S 150°46'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [79] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema nemoralis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [80, figs 63, 64].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GD 2894, QLD, Broken River, Eungella National Park [21°08'S l48°30'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

History of changes

• Diplotrema paraeintestinalis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [81, figs 65, 66].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Qld, White Rock Mountain; in rainforest, halfway to summit [17°01'S 145°45'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

In rainforest.

History of changes

• Diplotrema planumfluvialis Dyne, G.R. 1987. Two new acanthodriline earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecoidea) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 4(1): 1-6 [1].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Wo1 (coll. B. Wood), Upper Adelaide River Experimental Station, Adelaide River floodplain, NT [13°05'S 131°14'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM Wo2–5 4 clitellate specimens (coll. B. Wood), Upper Adelaide River Experimental Station, Adelaide River floodplain, NT [13°05'S 131°14'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

In solodic soil.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [126, figs 112, 113, 126A-C] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema proserpinensis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 1998. Two new semi-aquatic species of Diplotrema (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae: Acanthodrilinae), with a redescription of the type species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(2): 487-493 [491].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMG5449 (coll. B.G.M. Jamieson), Myrtle Creek, between Cannonvale and Proserpine, Qld [20°23'S 148°36'E].
  Paratype(s) QM QMG2887, 2892, 2893, Myrtle Creek, between Cannonvale and Proserpine, Qld [20°23'S 148°36'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Swamp.

Extra Ecological Information

In mud in the bottom of, and in the bank of, a stagnant backwater.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [83, figs 67, 68] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema pseudospectabilis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [103, figs 90, 91].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC GD.95.10.1, Qld, Alligator Creek, approximately 3 km from the entrance to Mt Elliot National Park; in dry creek bank [19°23'S 146°57'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC GD.95.10.1.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema quasifragilis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [84, figs 69, 70].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Qld, 17.5 km NE of Goondiwindi, via Cunningham Highway; in muddy black soil, about 3 m from the edge of a shallow waterhole in cleared grazing country [28°30'S 150°27'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown 20 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Eodrilus queenslandica Michaelsen, W. 1910. Oligochäten von verschiedenen Gebieten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 27: 47-169 [57-58].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMH V402, Qld, Rockhampton [23°22'S 150°32'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [86, fig. 71] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema retractata Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [105, figs 92, 93].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Qld, Cape Tribulation; in moist rainforest soil—complex mesophyll vine-forest [16°05'S 145°28'E].
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

History of changes

• Diplotrema ridei melvillensis Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [467].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8423, NT, Snake Bay, Melville Island [11°25'S 130°40'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8424, 8425, G222933-222934 (previously BJ.1975.7.8/9); AM W6610, 6611.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Melville Island.

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [130, figs 117, 118, 119D-H] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema ridei Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [464].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8413, NT, 3 km W of Leaning Tree Billabong near Humpty Doo [12.48'S 131°27'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8414-8417, G222932 (previously BJ.1975.7.6), NT, 3 km W of Leaning Tree Billabong near Humpty Doo [12.48'S 131°27'E]; AM W6608, 6609, NT, 3 km W of Leaning Tree Billabong near Humpty Doo [12.48'S 131°27'E]; QM G8421, NT, 7 km NE of Howard Springs [12.27'S 131°07'E]; QM G8418-8420, NT, 12°41'S 131°25'E, eastern edge of Buffalo Plains, E of Humpty Doo; QM G8422, NT, 7 km E of Leaning Tree Billabong [12°46'S 131°29'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [129, figs 114-116, 119A-C] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema rigida Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [87, figs 72, 73].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2927, Qld, 32 km north of Weipa, along Pine Creek road; in leaf litter layer under dry, semi-deciduous vine forest [12°29'S 141°47'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH 2928-2929.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Litter.

History of changes

• Diplotrema scheltingai Jamieson, B.G.M. 1997. Some new and previously known earthworm species from Cape York Peninsula (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 233-270 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMG212001 specimen and slide of left genital setae ov VIII (25-27/09/1996, coll. McDonald, K.R. & Stewart, A.J.), Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range, 500–520 m [13°44'17"S 143°20 15"E].
  Paratype(s) QM QMG212003-04, QMG211981, QMG213401, QMG213406 1-5 specimens (25-27/09/1996, coll. McDonald, K.R. & Stewart, A.J.), Peach Creek, McIlwraith Range, 500–520 m [13°44'17"S 143°20 15"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

In moist upper root horizon down to about 25 cm, notophyll vine forest with fan and feather palms, stream bank, sandy loam, on on Kintore Adamallite granite.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [89, figs 74-76] (description)

History of changes

• Acanthodrilus schmardae Beddard, F.E. 1892. The earthworms of the Vienna Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 113-134 [132] ["should probably be regarded as a species dubium" (Dyne & Jamieson 2004)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Qld, near Rockhampton; in freshwater.
• ?Eodrilus daemeli Michaelsen, W. 1910. Die Oligochaeten Fauna der Vorderindisch-Ceylonischen region. Abhandlungen und Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 19(5): 1-108 [58-60].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [93] (description, also discussion of possible synonymy with D. daemeli)

History of changes

• Diplotrema shandi Jamieson, B.G.M. & Dyne, G.R. 1976. The acanthodriline earthworm genus Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) in the Northern Territory of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3): 445-476 [468].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM G8426, NT, N of Borroloola on road to Bing Bong [16°04'S 136°17'E].
  Paratype(s) QM G8427-8439, 8440-8456, NT, N of Borroloola on road to Bing Bong [16°04'S 136°17'E]; AM W6612-6621, NT, N of Borroloola on road to Bing Bong [16°04'S 136°17'E]; QM G8457-8466, 8775-8778, NT, Ryan's Bend Waterhole, SW of Borroloola [16°08'S 136°04'E]; BJ 1975.7.35, NT, 10 km NE of Howard Springs [12°26'S 138°08'E]; QM G8779-8781, NT, 3 km W of Leaning Tree Billabong, near Humpty Doo [12°48'S 131°27'E]; QM G8782-8789, NT, 150 km S of Darwin [13°30'S 131°12'E]; QM G8790-8794, NT, Mataranka Springs [14°55'S 133°08'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [131, figs 119I-L, 120-124] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema socialis Dyne, G.R. 1987. Two new acanthodriline earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecoidea) from the Northern Territory, Australia. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 4(1): 1-6 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype NTM Wo6 (coll. B. Wood), Upper Adelaide River Experimental Station, Adelaide River floodplain, NT [13°05'S 131°14'E].
  Paratype(s) NTM Wo7 1 semimature specimen (coll. B. Wood), Upper Adelaide River Experimental Station, Adelaide River floodplain, NT [13°05'S 131°14'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT: Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

In solodic soil.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [136, figs 125, 126D-F] (description)

History of changes

• Diplotrema spectabilis Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [93, figs 77, 78].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown (probably in ANIC), QLD, banks of Crooked Gully Waterhole, 1.6 km from Giru [ca 19°31'S 147°8'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

History of changes

• Diplotrema spenceri Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [95, figs 79, 80].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G 491, QLD, Upper Endeavour River.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

History of changes

• Diplotrema sulcata Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [96, fis 81, 82].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2898, Qld, Conway Range National Park, approximately 200 m up main walking track; in damp black soil and mud near an estuarine swamp [20°17'S 148°17'E].
  Paratype(s) QM.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

• Diplotrema tenuiseta Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [98, figs 83, 84].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2891, Qld, Conway Range National Park, approximately 200 m up the main walking track; in damp black soil and mud near an estuarine swamp [20°17'S 148°46'E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Soil dweller.

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

In black moist clayey soil under dry grass.

History of changes

• Diplotrema tyagarah carnarvoni Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [110].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM GH 2905 (x), Central mid-W Qld, near Camp Carnarvon water pump, on bank of Carnarvon Creek; under weeds [25°03'S 148°14'E].
  Paratype(s) QM GH 2906-2908.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Under weeds.

History of changes

• Diplotrema tyagarah Dyne, G.R. 1979. A new species of Microscolex (Diplotrema) (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 103(1): 37-41 [dated 1978] [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM W 6622 (coll. W. Nash & R. Raven), 26 km N of Narrabri on Newell Hwy, NSW [30°07'S 149°49'E].
  Paratype(s) AM W 6623, W 6624 2 specimens (coll. W. Nash & R. Raven), 26 km N of Narrabri on Newell Hwy, NSW [30°07'S 149°49'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

In black clayey soil.

General References

Dyne, G.R. & Jamieson, B.G.M. 2004. Native Earthworms of Australia II (Megascolicidae, Acanthodrilinae). Canberra, Australia : Australian Biological Resources Study (CD-ROM). [107, figs 94, 95]

History of changes