Amynthas bellatulus (Gates, 1932)

Pheretima bellatula Gates, 1932: 427; Gates 1972: 170; Do 1994: 60; Nakamura 1999: 37; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115.

Amynthas bellatulus— Sims & Easton 1972: 235; Blakemore 2007a: 13; Blakemore 2008b.

Type locality. China (Yunnan: Teung Cong).

Type material. Unknown.

Records from Vietnam. Lao Cai (Sa Pa); Hanoi (Ba Vi) (Do 1994; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a). Distribution. Vietnam (Thai 2000a), Myanmar, China (Yunnan) (Gates 1972). Remarks. Gates (1972) noted that the species can be found in habitats of rotting leaves and sandy soils . No material for re-examination was available. Do (1994) stated that specimens found in Vietnam had a shorter

duct of diverticula, compared to the description in Gates (1972).