Perionyx foveatus Stephenson, 1914

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 91-111 : 101

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.9

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14897583

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Perionyx foveatus Stephenson, 1914
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Perionyx foveatus Stephenson, 1914

Perionyx foveatus Stephenson, 1914 b: 396 .

Type Locality: Arunachal Pradesh, India

Distribution in Nepal: Koshi Province, Taplejung District, Mewa Khola, Sanghu at 1600–2000m asl ( Sims 1963).

Distribution elsewhere: India (Kharkongo 2018).

Habitat: Household, animal waste material ( Mubeen & Hatti 2022).

Ecology: Epigeic or epi-anecic (Kharkongo 2018).

Remarks: This species is endemic to northeast India. The specimen was collected by K.H. Hyatt and W.G. Inglis from Nepal in1961 ( Sims 1963).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

SubClass

Oligochaeta

Order

Crassiclitellata

Family

Megascolecidae

Genus

Perionyx

Loc

Perionyx foveatus Stephenson, 1914

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman 2025
2025
Loc

Perionyx foveatus

Stephenson 1914: 396
1914
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