Species Diplotrema glandifera (Jamieson, 1995)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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)

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