An annotated checklist and distribution of earthworms from Venezuela (Megadrili: Crassiclitellata) Author Hernández-García, Luis Manuel Author Sousa, Sandriel Costa 0000-0001-6346-6682 sandriel 04 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6346 - 6682 sandriel04@gmail.com Author Ferreira, Carmen 0000-0001-5780-3697 Universidad Central de Venezuela, Distrito Capital, Caracas Venezuela. & ferrecarmen @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5780 - 3697 ferrecarmen@gmail.com Author Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier 0000-0002-2482-4376 guilirous @ yahoo. ca; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2482 - 4376 guilirous@yahoo.ca text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 183 211 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.19 journal article 57825 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.19 06c03b75-915a-4226-b827-cdbaf183bb94 1175-5326 7744707 32F65D94-D58D-4381-8070-637BC43400D5 Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) Lumbricus litoralis Grube, 1855: 127 . Pontodrilus litoralis : Michaelsen, 1900: 180 ; Cognetti de Martiis, 1901: 404 ; Bouche, 1972: 189 ; Nguyen, 2014: 112 . Pontoscolex arenicola Schmarda, 1861: 11 (part); Beddard, 1895: 469 . Pontodrilus marionis Perrier, 1874: 1582, 1881: 40 ; Beddard, 1895: 469 . Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891: 96 ; Michaelsen, 1894: 183 , 1913: 417, 1921: 12; Stephenson, 1923: 180 ; Gates, 1926: 150 ; Stephenson, 1931: 51 ; Chen, 1938: 379 ; Gates, 1942: 90 , Černosvitov, 1942: 214 ; Gates, 1943: 99 , 1954: 240 ; Omodeo, 1956: 324 ; Gates, 1960: 57 ; Menon & Sareen, 1968: 493 ; Soota & Julka, 1970: 203; Gates, 1972: 47 ; Ljunstrom, 1972: 20; Ganapati & Rao, 1974: 350 ; Rao & Ganapati, 1974: 18 ; Rao et al ., 1976: 390 ; Gates, 1982: 33 ; Thai, 1987: 7 ; Nguyen & Nguyen, 2010: 123 . Plutellus (Pontodrilus) bermudensis Michaelsen, 1922: 22 , 1924: 389 , 1927: 371 , 1935: 106 . Cryptodrilus insularis Rosa, 1891: 387 . Pontodrilus insularis Beddard, 1895: 471 ; Michaelsen, 1897: 173 , 1900: 181 , 1903: 87 . Pontodrilus arenae Michaelsen, 1892: 222 , Beddard, 1895: 469 ; Michaelsen, 1900: 181 , 1903: 87 ; Moreira, 1903: 130. Pontodrilus hesperidium Beddard, 1894: 37 , 1895: 471 ; Michaelsen, 1900: 182 , 1903: 87 . Pontodrilus michaelseni Eisen, 1895: 73 ; Michaelsen, 1900: 182 , 1903: 87 . Pontodrilus ephippiger Rosa, 1898: 277 ; Michaelsen, 1900: 180 , 1903: 87 , 1907: 187 ; Cognetti de Martiis, 1908: 81 ; Stephenson, 1914: 256 . Pontodrilus bermudensis ephippiger Stephenson, 1915a: 145 , 1915b: 61 , 1916: 311 , 1917: 375 , 1920: 202 ; Jackson, 1931: 95 . Pontodrilus matsushimensis Iizuka, 1898: 21 ; Beddard, 1899: 192 ; Michaelsen, 1900: 179 ; Easton, 1981: 45 . Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus Michaelsen, 1910: 91 ; Lee 1952: 25 , 1959: 336 . Pontodrilus chathamensis Benham, 1901: 129 . Pontodrilus michaelseni hortensis Eisen, 1900: 241 . Pontodrilus laccadivensis Beddard, 1903: 374 . Pontodrilus crosslandi Beddard, 1906: 561 . Pontodrilus albanyensis Michaelsen, 1907: 185 ; Jackson, 1931: 94 . Pontodrilus albanyensis var. cygni Jackson, 1931: 94 . Plutellus (Pontodrilus) matsushimensis indica Michaelsen, 1935: 106 . Pontodrilus gracilis Gates, 1943: 100 , 1954: 241 , 1982: 35 . Distribution. Falcon : Morrocoy National Park: Cayo Chico, Cayo Sombrero, Mero Beach ( Righi 1989 ). Dependencias Federales : La Blanquilla ( Zicsi 1995 ).