Planapheretima plumatomusculata (Thai, 1982)

Pheretima plumatomusculata Thai, 1982: 829, fig. 3D; Thai 1997: 2, fig. 2B; Thai 2000a: 310; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116. Pheretima (Terrata) plumatomusculata— Thai 1983: 123.

Planapheretima? plumatomusculata— Blakemore 2007a: 81; Blakemore 2008b. Planapheretima plumatomusculata— Nguyen et al. 2014: 110, Fig. 2.

Type locality. Vietnam (Ninh Binh).

Type material. ZMUM, Russia.

Examined material. 6 C and 3 A (CTU-EW.079.01) on the way to the observation tower, Tam Dao NP, Vinh Phuc, 25/07/1998, coll. Tran T.T.Binh.

Records from Vietnam. Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao NP); Hanoi (Ba Vi NP); Ninh Binh (Cuc Phuong NP); Nghe An (Ky Son; Quy Hop) (Thai 1982, 1997; Do 1994; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Giun lá cƠ lông chim.

Remarks. The species is fairly similar to Planapheretima lacertina (Chen, 1946), but differs in having spermathecal pores paired in 5/6/7 dorsally and pigments dorsally (Thai 1997). Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima, and placed the species under the new subgenus.