Two new earthworm species of the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan

HUEI-PING SHEN; CHIH-HAN CHANG; WEN-JAY CHIH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.25

Issue: Vol. 4496 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2018

Type: Article

Published: 2018-10-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.25

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**Two new earthworm species of the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan**

HUEI-PING SHEN⁺⁻
CHIH-HAN CHANG⁺⁻
WEN-JAY CHIH⁺⁻

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

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA Department of Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, 8127 Regents Dr., College Park, MD 20742, USA

Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Zoology, National Taiwan University, 1 Roosevelt Road, Section 4, Taipei 106, Taiwan

Annelida Earthworms Clitellata Drawida new species Taiwan

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Abstract

This study describes two new species of earthworms belonging to the genus Drawida (Oligochaeta: Moniligastridae) from southwestern Taiwan. They are Drawida alishanensis sp. nov. and Drawida fenqihuensis sp. nov. The two species were found at elevations of 1407–1661 m in the Alishan area, Chiayi County. DNA barcodes from type specimens of the new species are reported. This is the first time that new species of Drawida are discovered from the island of Taiwan. In addition, Drawida keikiensis Kobayashi, 1938 from Korea is found to be synonymous with Drawida syringa Chen, 1933 from central China. The synonymy of Drawida glabella Chen, 1938 with Drawida barwelli (Beddard, 1886) is rejected.

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