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Species Propheretima newcombei (Beddard, 1887)

Perichaeta newcombei Beddard, F.E. 1887. Observations on the structural characters of certain new or little-known earthworms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 14: 156-176 [170-174].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (according to Jamieson (2000) type specimens are 'lost'), Queensland.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widely separated localities: S QLD, near Sydney and on Norfolk Island.

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)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Queensland: NE coastal

General References

Benham, W.B. 1903. On a new species of earthworm from Norfolk Island. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 35: 273-274 [273-274] ("?non Megascolex laingii, Benham 1903", under Propheretima newcombei in Jamieson (2000))

Gates, G.E. 1965. On an Australian species of the earthworm genus Megascolex Templeton, 1844. The Australian Zoologist 13: 213-215 [213-215] (?non Megascolex newcombei; Gates, 1965)

Jamieson, B.G.M. 1997. Some new and previously known earthworm species from Cape York Peninsula (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 233-270 [1839-1843] (no longer queried placement)

Lee, K.E. 1959. The earthworm fauna of New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 130: 1-486 [283] ("?non Megascolex laingii Lee, 1959", under Propheretima newcombei in Jamieson (2000))

Michaelsen, W. 1900. Das Tierreich, Vermes, Lief. 10, Oligochaeta. Berlin : Friedländer und Sohn. [226] (as Megascolex newcombei)

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)
17-Oct-2023	OLIGOCHAETA	12-Feb-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
		15-Jul-2010	MODIFIED