Oligochaetologist and Curator/Collections Manager of the INHS Annelida Collection, Illinois Natural History Survey, Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61801 USA
Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
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Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Source:
Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes 2013
Acquired:
2013-03-18
Notes:
Wetzel, M.J., R.D. Kathman, S.V. Fend, and K.A. Coates. 2013. Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America north of Mexico. World Wide Web URL: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/people/mjwetzel/fwoligonachecklist
Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Source:
Classification and Checklist of the Freshwater Oligochaetes...
Acquired:
2007-12-03
Notes:
Wetzel, M.J., R.D. Kathman, S.V. Fend, and K.A. Coates. 2007. Classification and checklist of the freshwater oligochaetes occurring in North America north of Mexico. World Wide Web URL: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/people/mjwetzel/fwoligonachecklist
Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and R. Deedee Kathman
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1983-07-07 / 1983-07-07
Article/Chapter Title:
Varichaetadrilus, a new name for Varichaeta Brinkhurst, 1981, non Speiser, 1903, (Diptera) with a description of a new species V. fulleri
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 96, no. 2
Page(s):
301-306
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ISBN/ISSN:
/0006-324X
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34593386
Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Holmquist, Charlotte
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1985-01-01 / 1985-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
A Revision of the Genera of Tubifex Lamarck, Ilyodrilus Eisen, and Potamothrix Vejdovský & Mrázek (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae), with Extensions to Some Connected Genera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Zoologische Jahrbücher: Abteilung für Sytematik Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere, vol. 112, no. 3
Page(s):
311-366
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Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0044-5193
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Reference for:
Varichaetadrilus
Varichaetadrilus: Geographic Information
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Varichaetadrilus: Comments
Comment:
First, note that all but one (V. fulleri) of the species presently in the genus Varichaetadrilus (as of late 2012) had originally been described in other genera (e.g., Limnodrilus, Psammoryctides, Tubifex, or Varichaeta). The genus Varichaeta was erected by Brinkhurst in 1981 to separate taxa in the genus Isochaetides (at that time), based upon lengths of vasa deferentia. After discovering that the name Varichaeta was preoccupied (Varichaeta Speiser, 1903 in Diptera), Brinkhurst and Kathman (1983) established the name Varichaetadrilus for the three known species at that time: Varichaetadrilus pacificus (Brinkhurst, 1965) new combination (type species), Varichaetadrilus nevadana (Brinkhurst, 1965) new combination, and Varichaetadrilus israelis (Brinkhurst, 1965) new combination (a non-North American species). In this same paper, they described a new species to science, Varichaetadrilus fulleri Brinkhurst & Kathman, 1983, and revised the description of Varichaetadrilus pacificus (Brinkhurst, 1965) to include the bifidus form