Nakano, Takafumi

Yamane, Yoshiko

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RIGHT:URL:CITATION:AUTHOR(S):ISSUE DATE:TITLE:Rediscovery of syntypes of theearthworm Drawida ofunatoensis(Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae)Yamane, Yoshiko; Nakano, TakafumiYamane, Yoshiko ...[et al]. Rediscovery of syntypes of the earthwormDrawida ofunatoensis (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae). Edaphologia2020, 108: 30-302020-12http://hdl.handle.net/2433/267206© 2020 The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology; The full-text file will bemade open to the public on 28 December 2021 in accordance withpublisher's 'Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving'30Rediscovery of syntypes of the earthworm Drawida ofunatoensis (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae)　　We report rediscovered syntypes of the moniligastrid earthworm Drawida ofunatoensis Ohfuchi, 1938, which had been considered missing (Blakemore et al., 2014), at the National Museum of Nature and Science (hereafter NSMT), Tsukuba, Japan. The original description of D. ofunatoensis was based on 10 specimens collected from Ofunato (Iwate Prefecture, Japan), and an unspecified number of specimens collected from Oshika (Miyagi Prefecture) and the Sanriku Coast of Iwate Prefecture, during Shinryo Ohfuchi’s field survey from August to October, 1937 (Ohfuchi, 1938). All of these specimens are automatically fixed as syntypes according to Article 73.2 of the International Code of Zoological No-menclature (International Commission on Zoological Nomen-clature, 1999).　　The specimens (NSMT-An 534 = “batch #1196” in Blake-more (2012); Fig. 1A) had originally been deposited at the now defunct Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History (hereafter SHMNH); the whole collection of SHMNH was donated to NSMT in February 2006 (Matsuura et al., 2009). Although the specimens are not labeled as ‘type’, or an equivalent expres-sion, the SHMNH’s label shows that they were collected from Sango Island, Ofunato on 21 September 1937 by Ohfuchi (Fig. 1B). Therefore, we must undoubtedly consider these specimens as syntypes of D. ofunatoensis. The syntypes are entirely dried and seem to consist of at least 10 individuals including many earthworm fragments. Because detailed morphology of these syntypes is difficult to observe as a consequence of their poor condition, newly collected specimens of D. ofunatoensis from the type localities are essential to clarify the taxonomic status of this species, which remains controversial (Kobayashi, 1940; Blakemore et al., 2014).　　We thank Dr. Hironori Komatsu (NSMT) for allowing us to examine the syntypes, and Dr. Harry Taylor (Edanz Group) for editing a draft of this manuscript. This study was support-ed by JSPS KAKENHI Grant number JP18K14780.ReferencesBlakemore, R. J., 2012. On opening a box of worms (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae)̶Historical earthworm specimens trans-ferred to Tokyo from the Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History in Sendai. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A (Zoology), 38: 95–124.Blakemore, R. J., Lee, S. and Seo, H.-Y., 2014. Reports of Drawi-da (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from far East Asia. Journal of Species Research, 3: 127–166.International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1999. In-ternational Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Fourth Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London.Kobayashi, S., 1940. Terrestrial Oligochaeta from Manchoukuo. The Science Reports of the Tôhoku Imperial University, Fourth Series (Biology), 15: 261–315.Matsuura, K., Shinohara, G. and Nakae, M., 2009. Historical fish specimens collected from the Tohoku District by the Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the Na-tional Museum of Nature and Science, Series A (Zoology), 35: 9–54.Ohfuchi, S., 1938. New species of earthworms from North-eastern Honshû Japan. Saito Ho-on Kai Museum Research Bulletin, 15: 33–52.Yoshiko Yamane, Takafumi Nakano (Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)Edaphologia, No. 108: 30, December 28, 2020Fig. 1. Drawida ofunatoensis Ohfuchi, syntypes, NSMT-An 534. A, photograph of the entire assemblage of specimens; B, hand-written label of the Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History.A Self-archived copy inKyoto University Research Information Repositoryhttps://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Rediscovery of syntypes of the earthworm Drawida ofunatoensis (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae)

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Rediscovery of syntypes of the earthworm Drawida ofunatoensis (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae)

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