Belongs within: Megascolecidae.
Pheretima is a genus of earthworms found in southeast Asia, Australia and South America.
Characters (Jackson 1931): More than eight setae per segment. Spermathecal pores 1–6 pairs between segments 3–9. One gizzard in segment 8 or between septa 7/8 and 10/11. Micronephridial. Seminal funnels contained in sperm reservoirs. Spermathecal gland with branching lumen. Penial setae absent.
<==Pheretima Kinberg 1867HJ01
|--*P. montana Kinberg 1867M07, J88 [=Amynta montanusM13]
|--P. anomalaG62
|--P. beaufortiiPB02
|--P. californica Kinberg 1867R78
|--P. carolinensisM13
|--P. comptaPB02
|--P. dunckeriM07
|--P. elongata (Perrier 1872) [=Perichaeta elongata; incl. Ph. biserialis Michaelsen 1900]R71
|--P. fida Michaelsen 1913M13
|--P. heterochaetaJ31 [=Amyntas heterochaetusM13; incl. Perichaeta nipponicaM07]
|--P. hexathecaM07
|--P. indica (Horst 1883)RK66 [=Perichaeta indicaM07]
|--P. peguana (Rosa 1890)R74
|--P. perkinsiJ31
|--P. posthumaJ31 [=Amyntas posthumusM13; incl. Perichaeta affinis Perrier 1872J31, Megascolex affinisJ31]
|--P. queenslandica (Fletcher 1886)M07, F86 [=Perichaeta queenslandicaM07]
|--P. reehingeriM13
|--P. sedgwicki (Benham 1897) (see below for synonymy)M13
|--P. sermowaianaPB02
|--P. speiseri Michaelsen 1913M13
|--P. taitensis (Grube 1868) (see below for synonymy)M13
|--P. voeltzkowiM07
`--P. wendessianaPB02
Pheretima sedgwicki (Benham 1897) [=Perichaeta sedgwickii, Amyntas sedgwicki; incl. Pheretima sedgwicki var. ablata Ude 1905, Perichaeta godefroyi Michaelsen 1899, Amyntas godeffroyi, Pheretima godeffroyi]M13
Pheretima taitensis (Grube 1868) [=Perichaeta taitensis, Amyntas taitensis; incl. Pe. esafatae Beddard 1899, A. esafatae, Pheretima esafatae, Perichaeta grubei Rosa 1891, Pe. recta Rosa 1898, Pheretima recta, Pe. upoluensis Beddard 1887, Amyntas upoluensis, Pheretima upoluensis]M13
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[F86] Fletcher, J. J. 1886. Notes on Australian earthworms. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (3): 943–973, pl. 13.
[G62] Gates, G. E. 1962. Miscellanea megadrilogica. V–VI. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 137–144.
[HJ01] Hong, Y., & S. W. James. 2001. New species of Korean Amynthus Kinberg, 1867 (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) with two pairs of spermathecae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 108 (1): 65–93.
[J31] Jackson, A. 1931. The Oligochaeta of south-western Australia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 17: 71–136.
[J88] Jamieson, B. G. M. 1988. On the phylogeny and higher classification of the Oligochaeta. Cladistics 4: 367–402.
[M07] Michaelsen, W. 1907. Oligochaeta. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens 1 (2): 115–232, 2 pls.
[M13] Michaelsen, W. 1913. Die Oligochäten von Neu-Caledonien und den benachbarten Inselgruppen. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 3 pp. 173–280. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.
[PB02] Perkins, F. O., J. R. Barta, R. E. Clopton, M. A. Peirce & S. J. Upton. 2002. Phylum Apicomplexa Levine, 1970. In: Lee, J. J., G. F. Leedale & P. Bradbury (eds) An Illustrated Guide to the Protozoa: Organisms traditionally referred to as Protozoa, or newly discovered groups 2nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 190–369. Society of Protozoologists: Lawrence (Kansas).
[R71] Righi, G. 1971. Sôbre alguns Oligochaeta brasileiros. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 25 (1): 1–13.
[R74] Righi, G. 1974. Alguns Sporozoa (Gregarinida e Haplosporida) de Oligochaeta (Naididae e Enchytraeidae) brasileiros. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 28 (11): 185–195.
[R78] Righi, G. 1978. Alguns Oligochaeta megadriles da Argentina. Fave 1 (3): 167–178.
[RK66] Righi, G., & C. Knäpper. 1966. Ciclo anual de “Pheretima indica” (Horst, 1883) (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 26 (4): 341–343.