Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution
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Misirlioğlu, Mete
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Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, TR- 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9928 - 8478
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Reynolds, John Warren
Oligochaetology Laboratory, 9 - 1250 Weber Street East, Kitchener, ON Canada N 2 A 4 E 1, and Research Associate, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB, Canada E 2 K 1 E 5.
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Stojanović, Mirjana
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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Trakić, Tanja
University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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Sekulić, Jovana
University of Kragujevac, Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, Department of Sciences, Jovana Cvijića bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia.
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James, Samuel W.
Maharishi International University, Department of Regenerative Agriculture, Fairfield, IA, 52557, USA.
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Csuzdi, Csaba
Dept. of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary.
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Decaëns, Thibaud
CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France.
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Lapied, Emmanuel
Taxonomia Biodiversity Fund, 7 rue Beccaria, 72012, Paris, France.
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Phillips, Helen R. P.
ameron@smu.ca
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Cameron, Erin K.
ameron@smu.ca
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Brown, George G.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-03-15
5255
1
417
438
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.33
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.33
1175-5326
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Tumakidae
Righi, 1995
The monogeneric
Tumakidae
family has only three known species,
Tumak hammeni
Righi
,
Tumak amari
Celis
& Rangel-Ch., and
Tumak congorum
Celis
& Rangel-Ch., found in relatively drier, lower-elevation forests in Central
Colombia
and the Caribbean region, along the
Magdalena
River valley (
Righi 1995
; Celis & Rangel-Ch. 2015). Given the relatively small amount of remaining forest fragments of its native habitat in
Colombia
, due primarily to agricultural expansion and pastures for cattle, further efforts are needed to ensure adequate conservation of the few species known. Additional sampling efforts are also needed to discover if there are any other species present along its potential distribution range.