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NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN EARTHWORM SPECIES FROM PERIPHERAL AREAS OF THE ROMANIAN CARPATHIANS (OLIGOCHAETA, LUMBRICIDAE)

Abstract

Collecting trips organized to the little investigated regions of Romania (Oltenia, Banat, Bucovina)resulted in 41 earthworm species being recorded, including a new country record (Octolasion lacteovicinum Zicsi, 1968) and the discovery of a peculiar new anecic species Dendrobaena virgata sp. n. Consequently the number of earthworm species reported from Romania is raised to 73

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