Species Diplotrema capella Blakemore, 1997

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	06-Feb-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED