Species Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) alsophila (Spencer, 1892)

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Species Diporochaeta (Diporochaeta) alsophila (Spencer, 1892)

Perichaeta alsophila Spencer, W.B. 1892. Preliminary description of Victorian earthworms. Part I. The genera Cryptodrilus and Megascolides. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 4: 130-156 [17-19].
Type data:

Syntype(s) NMV F40291, Fern Tree Gully, Victoria [37°53'S 145°87'S]; AM W1297 ('probable syntype' (Jamieson 1974a)).
Diporochaeta frosti Spencer, W.B. 1900. Further descriptions of Australian earthworms, Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 13(1): 29-67.
Type data:
Lectotype NMV 40117 (previously dissected, re-examined), Mt Baw Baw, Victoria [37°50'S 146°17'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1974. The indigenous earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) of Tasmania. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 26: 201-328 [222] (frosti synonymised under alsophila)

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Fern Tree Gully.

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

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1971. A review of the megascolecoid earthworm genera (Oligochaeta) of Australia. Part III — The subfamily Megascolecinae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 16: 69-102 [83] (as Diporochaeta alsophila and as Diporochaeta frosti)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1976. The genus Diporochaeta (Oligochaeta Megascolecidae) in Queensland. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 149: 1-57 [4] (as Diporochaeta alsophila)

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 [103] (as Perichaeta alsophila and as Diporochaeta frosti)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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