Huei-Ping Shen

Huei-Ping Shen (H.P. Sheng), Zoologist, Taiwan

Zoology Division, Endemic Species Research Institute, 1 Ming-shen East Road, Jiji, Nantou 552, Taiwan

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Shen, H.P., Tsai, C.F. & Tsai, S.C. 2002. Description of a new earthworm belonging to the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Taiwan and its infraspecific variation in relation to elevation. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(1): 1–8. PDF Reference page.

Shen, H.-P., Tsai, C.-F. & Tsai, S.-C. 2003. Six new earthworms of the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Central Taiwan. Zoological Studies 42(4): 479–490. Reference page.

Tsai, C.-F., Shen, H.-P. & Tsai, S.-C. 2010. Four new species of Amynthas earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Central Mountain Range of southern Taiwan. Journal of Natural History 21–22: 1251–1267. DOI: 10.1080/00222931003624788. Reference page.

Shen, H-P., Chang, C-H. & Chih, W-J. 2015. Earthworms from Matsu, Taiwan with descriptions of new species of the genera Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) and Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae). Zootaxa 3973(3): 425–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

Shen, H-P. 2018. Biogeography meets taxonomy: Distribution-based inferences on the accuracy of identification and synonymization of East Asian earthworms. Pp 313–326 In Schmelz, R.M. (ed.). Global diversity of earthworms and enchytraeids (Clitellata): papers in honor of András Zicsi (1928–2015). Zootaxa 4496(1): 1–575. Reference page. Zootaxa 4496(1): 313–336. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.26 full article pdf Reference page.
Shen, H-P., Chang, C-H. & Chih, W-J. 2018. Two new earthworm species of the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan. Zootaxa 4496(1): 302–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.25 Reference page.

Csuzdi, C., Rota, E., Szederjesi, T., Sherlock, E., Brown, G.G., Chang, C-H., Cosin, D.D., Fragoso, C., Jamieson, B.G.M., Hong, Y., James, S.W., Paoletti, M.G., Pavlíček, T., Plisko, J.D., Pop, V.V. Jr. & Shen, H-P. 2019. Description of a new Central African earthworm, Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Eudrilidae), celebrating the 100th birthday of Pietro Omodeo. Zootaxa 4674(5): 501–508. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.1 pdf Reference page.
Shen, H-P., Chang, C-H. & Chih, W-J. 2019. Two new earthworm species of the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from central Taiwan, with comments on some recent species assignments in Amynthas and Metaphire. Zootaxa 4658(1): 101–123. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.4 pdf Reference page.