<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)</strong></p>

TÍMEA SZEDERJESI; TOMÁS PAVLÍČEK; YÜKSEL COŞKUN; CSABA CSUZDI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.4

Issue: Vol. 3764 No. 5: 13 Feb. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-02-13

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.4

Page range: 555–570

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New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

TÍMEA SZEDERJESI⁺⁻
TOMÁS PAVLÍČEK⁺⁻
YÜKSEL COŞKUN⁺⁻
CSABA CSUZDI⁺⁻

Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel.

Dicle Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Diyarbakır, Turkey.

Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary

Earthworms Anatolia biodiversity new species Lumbricidae Clitellata

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Abstract

Identifying the earthworm material recently collected in different parts of Turkey (Marmara Region, Upper Mesopotamia, Hatay Province and East Anatolia) resulted in records of 29 earthworm species including three lumbricids new to science: Dendrobaena cevdeti, D. szalokii and Eisenia patriciae spp. nov. In addition, Dendrobaena cognettii is reported for the first time from the country. With this contribution, the number of earthworm species and subspecies registered in Turkey is raised to 80.