Metapheretima vietnamensis Thai, 1984

Metapheretima vietnamensis Thai, 1984b: 614, fig. 1B; Blakemore 2007a: 104; Blakemore 2008b; Nguyen et al. 2014: 108, fig. 1.

Pheretima vietnamensis— Pham 1995c: 100; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh 2005a: 130; Pham 2010: 64.

Type locality. Vietnam (Gia Lai: An Khe).

Type material. ZMUM (W.270), Russia.

Records from Vietnam. Gia Lai ( An Khe town) ; Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Son Tra; Hai Van); Quang Nam (Hiep Duc; Tra My) (Thai 1984b; Pham 1995c; Pham 2010).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Trùn việt nam.

Remarks. The species is similar to Metapheretima speiseri (Michaelsen, 1913) and Metapheretima apunae Lee, 1981, but differs from both in having two pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6 and the spermathecal diverticulum originating from the spermathecal duct (Thai 1984b).