Species Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) purpurea Jamieson, 1973

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Species Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) purpurea Jamieson, 1973

Vesiculodrilus purpureus Jamieson, B.G.M. 1973. Earthworms (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Mount Kosciusko, Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 28: 215-252 [227-229].
Type data:
Holotype AM W4695, Mt Kosciusko, New South Wales [36°27'S 148°16'E].
Paratype(s) ANIC, Mt Kosciusko, New South Wales [36°27'S 148°16'E]; whereabouts unknown (held in collection of Professor Jamieson?), Mt Kosciusko, New South Wales [36°27'S 148°16'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Vicinity of Mt Kosciuszko.

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

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

General References

Jamieson, B.G.M. 2000. Native Earthworms of Australia (Megascolecidae, Megascolecinae). Enfield, New Hampshire, USA : Science Publishers, Inc. [CD ROM] 2506 pp. [Date published 12 December 2000] [324] (as Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) pupurea)

History of changes

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED

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