Species Diplotrema heteropora (Dyne, 1979)

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Species Diplotrema heteropora (Dyne, 1979)

Microscolex (Diplotrema) heteropora Dyne, G.R. 1979. A new species of bioluminescent earthworm from North Queensland belonging to the subgenus Diplotrema (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 19(3): 373-379 [373].
Type data:
Holotype QM G8890 (coll. G. Dyne), Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville; under bladey grass in sandy soil, about 3 m up creek back [19°30'S 147°02'E].
Paratype(s) QM G8932, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; AM W6634-5, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; BMNH 1978.1.17, Palm Creek, approx 33 km S of Townsville [19°30'S 147°02'E]; AM W6636, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville [19°36'S 146°55'E]; QM G8891, 8894, 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart [19°17'S 146°49'E]; AM W6637, 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart [19°17'S 146°49'E]; GD 1977.1-2 (coll. G. Nash), 100 m from ring road, James Cook University, Townsville, towards Mt Stuart; in moist sandy soil [19°17'S 146°49'E]; QM G8892-3, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville; in moist to saturated sandy loam under grass and open eucalypts [19°36'S 146°55'E]; BMNH 1978.1.17, 7 km E of Woodstock, on road to Giru, approx. 40 km S of Townsville [19°36'S 146°55'E]; GD 1978.3, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; BMNH 1978.1.18, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; AM W6638, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; QM G8895-6, 0.5 km from ring road, towards Mt Stuart; in moist black clayey soil.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, soil dweller.

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). [66, figs 45-48]

History of changes

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