Earthworm (Clitellata; Megadrili) Records from Adana Province

Abstract

The current study deals with earthworm biodiversity of Adana Province. Identification was made by examining the earthworm specimens collected in 6 different localities. At the end of the study, 5 species belonging to 3 genus were found: Allolobophora chlorotica (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826), Aporrectodea trapezoides (Dugès, 1828) and Octodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884).

Eskişehir Beşik Deresi ve Eskişehir-Mihalıççık Gürleyik Köyü Topraksolucanı (Clitellata; Lumbricidae) Faunası Üzerine Ön Araştırma

“…It is native in Palearctis but introduced extratropically all over the world (Sims and Gerard, 1999;Csuzdi and Zicsi, 2003). (Omodeo & Rota 1989, 1991Mısırlıoğlu 2002Mısırlıoğlu , 2004Mısırlıoğlu & Szederjesi 2015).…”

“…Subsequently, Omodeo & Rota (1989;1991) presented new records of lumbricid biodiversity from Turkey. Recently, some scientists published new data on the earthworm fauna of the country (Csuzdi et al 2007;Mısırlıoğlu 2002, 2004, 2009, Mısırlıoğlu et al, 2004Szederjesi et al, 2014;Mısırlıoğlu & Szederjesi 2015;Valchovski & Mısırlıoğlu, 2017). Currently, 75 lumbricid earthworm species are listed for Turkey (Szederjesi et al, 2014).…”

“…Currently, 75 lumbricid earthworm species are listed for Turkey (Szederjesi et al, 2014). The explorations of the earthworm fauna from Eskişehir province were launched by Mısırlıoğlu (2002;2004) and Mısırlıoğlu & Szederjesi (2015).…”