Distribution of non-lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Criodrilidae, Megascolecidae and Ocnerodrilidae) on the Balkans and Anatolia with first record of Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892) from Turkey
Author
Misirlioğlu, İbrahim Mete
Author
Stojanović, Mirjana
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-10-05
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Microscolex dubius
(Fletcher, 1886)
Eudrilus dubius
Fletcher, 1887
: 378
.
Microscolex dubius
:
Cognetti 1913
: 1
; Michalis 1975: 202, 1976: 154, 1987: 61;
SZederjesi & CsuZdi 2012
: 40
;
SZederjesi 2015
: 149
.
Habitat.
Common in gardens, parks, greenhouses, tropical fruit plantations, and also often found in the medium altitude zones (
400–600m
) in traditional agriculture, and even in the pine forest, forest puddle and open brook (
Szederjesi & Csuzdi 2012
).
Distribution on the Balkans and
Anatolia
.
South part of
Serbia
(Bujanovic:
Šapkarev 2002
);
Macedonia
(Vardar:
Šapkarev, 1972
);
Montenegro
(Kotor, Podgorica,
Ribnica
:
Šapkarev 1975
);
Greece
(Angitis Drama, Kato Kamila Seron:
Karaman
1972
; Panetoliko Mts., Aigos Vlasios:
Szederjesi & Csuzdi 2012
;
South Aegean
: Mt. Zas, Filoti, Apiranthos, Krasi, and Sougia in
Crete
:
Szederjesi 2015
).
Turkey
(
Diyarbakır
: Pavlíček
et al.
2009).
Material
examined.
1 exp.
Leskovac
, south part of
Serbia
(
42°60′N,
21°56′E
)
27.04.1976
(
Institute
collection). 4 ex.
Adana
,
Yüreğir
,
Ali Hocalı village
, edge of irrigation canal (36°93'N,
35°40'E
), altitude
48 m
,
19.01.2016
.
World distribution
. Synanthropic species. Worldwide distribution. It is possibly native to South America (
Blakemore 2002
; Rota & de
Jong 2015
). It has been recorded from Australasia, North and South America,
South Africa
,
Madeira Islands
,
Canary Islands
,
Spain
and Mediterranean Europe (
France
,
Italy
,
Portugal
,
Sicily
,
Corsica
) and
Jordan
(
Blakemore 2002
;
Sims & Gerard 1999
).
Remarks.
New finding in
Serbia
is the northernmost location of
M. dubius
on the
Balkan
Peninsula.