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An annotated checklist of earthworms of Greece (Clitellata: Megadrili)

2017; Q15088586; Volume: 4272; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.3

1175-5334

Tímea Szederjesi, E. Vavoulidou, Christina Chalkia, László Dányi, Csaba Csuzdi,

Marine and environmental studies

The earthworm fauna of Greece is reviewed. According to the up-to-date checklist, the earthworm fauna of Greece consists of 67 species and subspecies, of which 59 taxa belong to the family Lumbricidae, three to Megascolecidae, two to Acanthodrilidae and to Ocnerodrilidae and one taxon to the family Criodrilidae. Three species are recorded for the first time from the country: Allolobophora kosowensis kosowensis Karaman, 1968, Amynthas gracilis (Kinberg, 1867) and Eukerria saltensis (Beddard, 1895). Eisenia spelaea var. athenica Černosvitov, 1938 is proposed to be a synonym of Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826). The earthworm fauna of Greece is characterized by a large number of strict endemic species belonging to the family Lumbricidae (9 taxa), together with the occurrence of another 10 Balkanic endemic species.