Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945)

Pheretima bahli Gates, 1945b: 85; Thai & Samphon 1991: 4; Nguyen 1994: 39; Pham 1995c: 68; Nakamura 1999: 40; Thai 2000a: 308; Thai et al. 2004: 758; Huynh 2005a: 87; Nguyen V.T. & Tran 2008: 184; Nguyen et al. 2010: 114; Pham 2010: 62; Nguyen & Nguyen 2010: 123; Nguyen & Huynh 2011: 1018; Nguyen et al. 2011: 1025; Nguyen et al. 2012: 146; Nguyen 2013: 46; Nguyen 2014: 109.

Pheretima (Amynthas) bahli— Thai 1983: 124.

Metaphire bahli— Sims & Easton 1972: 239; Blakemore 2007a: 10; Blakemore 2008b; Blakemore et al. 2007: 29; Blakemore 2016 (removing synonyms saigonensis and bangoiana): 22, figs 1, 9a–d, 10.

Type locality. Sri Lanka (Colombo).

Type material. Unknown.

Examined material. 16 C (SORC-V.124.01) Bau Can, Gia Lai, 29/11/1979; 13 C (SORC-V.124.02) field of sweet potato, Lam Vien plateau, Da Lat, Lam Dong, 25/10/1995; 30 C (CTU-EW.004.01) long-term tree garden, Phu Ngoc commune, Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, 14/10/2013, coll. Le Van Nhan ; 30 C and 2 A (CTU-EW.004.02) Xuan Loc, Dong Nai, 9–10/2012, coll. Nguyen Van Thang ; 22 C (CTU-EW.004.03) short-term tree garden, Phu Loc commune, Tan Phu, Dong Nai, 13/10/2013, coll. Le Van Nhan ; 16 C and 1 A (CTU-EW.004.04) plantation, Vinh Cuu, Dong Nai, 13/9/2012, coll. Duong Chi Trong ; 26 C (CTU-EW.004.05) natural forest, Nhon mountain, Tinh Bien, An Giang, 7/11/2010, coll. Nguyen Thanh Tung .

Records from Vietnam. Quang Binh (Minh Hoa); Thua Thien Hue (A Luoi); Da Nang; Quang Nam (Tra My); Kon Tum (Dak Glei; Sa Thay); Gia Lai (Pleiku: Bau Can; Duc Co); Binh Dinh (Quy Nhon, Cu Lao Xanh); Dak Lak (Buon Me Thuot); Binh Thuan (Gia An); Khanh Hoa (Nha Tranh: Ba Ngoi); Ba Ria-Vung Tau ( Con Lon Isl.) ; Ho Chi Minh city; Dong Nai (Vinh Cuu; Xuan Loc; Tan Phu; Trang Bom; Nhon Trach; Long Thanh); Tay Ninh (Ba Den Mts); Tien Giang (Tan Phu Dong; Cai Lay; Cai Be); Ben Tre (Binh Dai; Thanh Phu; Ba Tri); Vinh Long (Long Ho; Vung Liem; Vinh Long City); Can Tho (Cai Rang; Ninh Kieu; O Mon; Thot Not; Phong Dien); Tra Vinh (Duyen Hai; Tra Cu); Kien Giang ( Ha Tien Town, Lai Son Mts) ; An Giang (Nguyen 1994; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh 2005a; Michaelsen 1934; Thai et al. 2004; Omodeo 1957; Nguyen V. T. & Tran 2008; Nguyet et al. 2009, 2010; Nguyen 2014).

Distribution. Philippines, Sri Lanka, Laos, Cambodia (Gates 1945b, 1972; Blakemore 2007a; Thai & Samphon 1991; Thai & Do 1989).

Vietnamese name. Giun bahl.

Remarks. Although the morphology of the male region of M. saigonensis is similar to that of M. peguana, the distance between male pores is totally different among the two species. Thai (1983, 2000) had suggested that saigonensis is a synonym of " Pheretima " bahli Gates, 1945; however, Blakemore (2005, 2016) restored both saigonensis and bangoiana separately from Metaphire bahli .