Bimastos parvus (Eisen, 1874)

Allolobophora parva Eisen, 1874: 46, Plate II, Figs 9–11; Thai 1983: 121; Tran 1985: 61; Le 1995a: 74; Thai 2000a: 307; Blakemore 2002: 264, Fig. 4.3; Huynh 2005a: 157; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Huynh & Nguyen 2004b: 70.

Helodrilus (Bimastus) parvus— Michaelsen 1900: 502.

Bimastus parvus (sic!) — Chen 1931: 169; Chen 1933: 222, Fig. 13.

Bimastos parvus— Gates, 1972: 87; Blakemore 2008b.

See Blakemore (2002: 264) for more synonyms.

Type locality. Mount Lebanon, New York, USA.

Type material. Amerian Natural History Museum New York, USA.

Records from Vietnam. Bac Giang (Hiep Hoa); Hai Phong ( Cat Ba Isl.) ; Hanoi; Lam Dong (Da Lat) (Tran 1985; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a, b; Huynh 2005a).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan species, widely reported from Myanmar, India, Japan, China, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Southwest Africa, South Africa, Afghanistan, Kazakstan, Central Asia and Europe (Gates 1972; Blakemore 2002).

Vietnamese name. Giun toàn bắc nhỏ.

Remarks. The species probably originates from Holarctic, and recorded in Vietnam as the name Allolobophora parva . It is usually found in vemi-composts in Vietnam (Tran 1985).