Species Diplotrema helonoma Dyne & Jamieson, 1998

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

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