Species Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) frenchi (Spencer, 1892)
- Cryptodrilus frenchi 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 [135-136].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM W1289 alcohol specimens plus 3 slides (re-examined by Jamieson (2000)), Croajingolong, East Gippsland, Victoria [37°25'S 149°40'E].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
East Gippsland, VIC and Mt Kosciuszko, NSW.
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- 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 [87] (as Plutellus frenchii)
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] [312] (as Diporochaeta (Vesiculodrilus) frenchii)
Sweet, G. 1900. On the structure of the spermiducal glands and associated parts in Australian earthworms. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 28: 109-139 [116] (as Plutellus frenchii)
History of changes
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| 15-Jul-2010 | MODIFIED |