Lampito mauritii Kinberg 1867

Lampito mauritii Kinberg, 1867 Lampito mauritii Kinberg, 1867: 103. Perichaeta armata Beddard, 1883: 216. Perichaeta bivaginata Bourne, 1886: 666. Perichaeta salettensis Bourne, 1886: 669. Megascolex mauritii (Kinberg), Michaelsen 1900: 227. Lampito trilobata Stephenson, 1914: 340. Further synonyms in Gates (1972) and Blakemore (2012). Type Locality: Mauritius (20.3484°S, 57.5522°E). Distribution in Nepal: Use in domestic waste vermicomposting (Pandey et al. 2014). Distribution elsewhere: Africa; Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam; Oceania (Sims 1971; Gates 1972; Julka 1978; Blakemore 2012; Nguyen et al. 2016; Narayanan et al. 2023). Habitat: Cultivated land, non-cultivated land, grassland, garden, forest, sewage (Tripathi & Bhardwaj 2004a). Ecology: Anecic (Tripathi & Bhardwaj 2004c). Remarks: It is used for vermicomposting but not documented from natural habitats in Nepal. Its natural distribution in Nepal has to be assured and status should be examined.