Taxonomic and biogeographic analysis of the Allolobophora sturanyi species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Morphometric and biogeographic analysis of the Allolobophora sturanyi species group – containing A. sturanyi Rosa, 1895, Eophila dacica Pop, 1938 and A. sturanyi dacidoides Bouché, 1973 – proved that these taxa are distinct; consequently the proposed synonymy by Perel (1979) should be rejected. However, these taxa are morphologically close enough to regard them as subspecies of the polytypic Allolobophora sturanyi. The analysis also revealed a fourth, well separated group that represents a new species to science, Allolobophora prosellodacica sp. n

New data to the earthworm fauna of Israel (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Elaborating several smaller earthworm samples collected in different parts of Israel resulted in recording 20 earthworm species including Bimastos parvus (Eisen, 1874) a North American peregrine which represents new record for the country. Three other species; Dendrobaena nevoi Csuzdi & Pavlíček, 1999, Healyella jordanis (Csuzdi & Pavlíček, 1999)and Perelia shamsi Csuzdi & Pavlíček, 2005 were first recorded after their original descriptions. The present list of lumbricidearthworms recorded for Israel is raised to 28

New records of earthworms from Guadeloupe with description of a new species (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae, Acanthodrilidae, Megascolecidae and Eudrilidae)

A small earthworm material from Guadeloupe Islands (French West-Indies) was studied. Altogether 14 earth¬worm species were collected, 12 of which are common tropical peregrine. On the other hand, two seem to be endemic in the islands. One of these native species, Eutrigaster (Graffia) musciphila (James, 1996) is reported for the first time after the original description, the other, Periscolex nevoi sp. nov. is proved to be new to science

FIGURE 19 in An annotated checklist of the earthworm fauna of Turkey (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

FIGURE 19. Distribution of four endemic Healyella species in Turkey. FIGURE 20. Distribution of three endemic and a Levantine­Anatolian Healyella species in Turkey. FIGURE 21. Distribution of the Circum­Mediterranean Octodrilus complanatus and the East­ Mediterranean Helodrilus patriarchalis in TurkeyPublished as part of Cs, Csuzdi, Zicsi, A. & Misirlioǧlu, M., 2006, An annotated checklist of the earthworm fauna of Turkey (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), pp. 1-29 in Zootaxa 1175 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.264584

New records of earthworms (Oligochaeta) from Madagascar

New records of earthworms from Madagascar are presented. This is the first taxonomic report on the earthwormfauna of Madagascar since the last paper of Michaelsen (1931). Altogether data on 14 peregrine earthworm species belonging tofive families are summarized. Together with the native taxa, 33 valid earthworm species have so far been recorded fromMadagascar of which 18 (55%) are endemic in the Island and 15 (45%) introduced

Urban areas as hot-spots for introduced and shelters for native isopod species

Isopod assemblages were studied in Budapest, capital of Hungary. The analyses of literary and field data revealed a high species richness (28 species), compared to the total species number (57) in Hungary. Habitats characteristics for the city were categorized as native forests, urban forests, gardens of Buda, gardens of Pest, public parks, densely built-up areas and botanical gardens. We hypothesized that isolated and diverse habitat patches in the city matrix of Budapest support the introduction and establishment of exotic species and the survival of native ones. The composition of assemblages varied among sampling sites, but were characteristic for the biotope categories. We concluded that forests, parks and gardens play an important role in the survival of native isopod populations. Species numbers were highest in the gardens of Buda and in the botanical gardens (both 17 species). The overall presence of cosmopolitan and disturbance-tolerant species indicates an ongoing homogenization process. Key-words: soil fauna, woodlice, urban biodiversity, species introduction, taxonomic uniformit