New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

Szederjesi, Tímea; Pavlı́ček, Tomáš; Coşkun, Yüksel; Csuzdi, Csaba

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3764.5.4

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“…Csuzdi et al (2006) summarized the knowledge on the Turkish earthworm fauna. Since then, the investigations are more or less continuous (Mısırlıoğlu 2008, Mısırlıoğlu et al 2017, Szederjesi et al 2014a, Szederjesi & Mısırlıoğlu 2017. Pavlíček et al (2007) defines the Levant as "circa 150 km wide area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Syrian and Arabian deserts.…”

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The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Northeastern Mediterranean region (Clitellata: Megadrili).

Szederjesi¹

2017

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Abstract. The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, the Levant and Cyprus is presented. Out of the 226 taxa, 216 belong to the Holarctic family Lumbricidae. Ten further species are from the families Criodrilidae, Acanthodrilidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Megascolecidae. The widely introduced peregrine species take part with 11.9% (27 taxa). The number of endemics within the studied areas is highest on the Balkan Peninsula (90 taxa). As a result of this study, four synonyms were found, and the subgenus Trapezonscolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998 was raised to genus level for the former Turkish Eophila species Eo. cavazzutii cavazzutii Omodeo, 1988 and Eo. cavazzutii pascuorum Omodeo, 1988.

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The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Northeastern Mediterranean region (Clitellata: Megadrili).

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2017

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“…In Turkey, Murchieona minuscula is found in Bursa (northern face of Uludağ), Bolu (between Bolu and Mudurnu) (Omodeo and Rota, 1991), and Hatay Province (near the road Harbiye to Yayladağı) (Csuzdi et al, 2007, Szederjesi et al, 2014. Additionally, this species has been registered in Italy (Rosa, 1906), Croatia (Hackenberger and Hackenberger, 2013), Cyprus (Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006), Greece (Zicsi and Michalis, 1981), Israel (Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2002;Pavlícek et al, 2003), and North Africa (Omodeo and Martinucchi, 1987;Omodeo et al, 2003).…”

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“…Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893) Sinemorets Jasna Poljana, Mladezko (Szederjesi, 2013) Demirköy (Szederjesi et al, 2014) Circum-Mediterranean…”

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Murchieona minuscula (Rosa, 1906): first finding from Bulgaria with earthworm diversity and zoogeography of Yıldız (Strandja) Mountain in Turkey and Bulgaria

Valchovski¹,

Misirlioğlu²

2017

Turk J Zool

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Strandja or Strandha in Bulgarian and Yıldız or Istranca in Turkish is a mountain massif in southeastern Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. The mountain is situated in the southeastern part of the Balkans between the plains of Thrace to the west, the lowlands near Burgas to the north, and the Black Sea to the east. Its highest peak is Mahya Dağı (1031 m a.s.l.) in Turkey, while the highest point on Bulgarian territory is Golyamo Gradishte (710 m a.s.l.). The total area of the massif is approximately 10,000 km 2 . Central and southern parts of the mountain are in Turkish territory, which comprises two-thirds of the area. Bosna Hill, which is part of Yıldız (Strandja) Mountain, and the northern parts of the massif are situated in Bulgaria. The climate of the area is considerably influenced by the Black Sea and is predominantly humid continental in the mountains and humid subtropical on the coast.Exploration of earthworm fauna of the Bulgarian part of Yıldız (Strandja) Mountain was begun by Černosvitov (1934). His work was continued by Plisko (1963) and Mihailova (1968). Recently, Uzunov (2010) and Szederjesi (2013) published new data from the region. The Turkish part of the mountain remains almost unexplored; only limited data have been registered by Szederjesi et al. (2014).The aim of the paper is to present new data on the earthworm fauna of Yıldız (Strandja) Mountain and to establish the first list of lumbricid biodiversity by analyzing the newly reported species together with literature data.Investigations were carried out during 3 different periods: September 2015, December 2015, and April 2016. Earthworms were collected using the diluted formaldehyde method (Raw, 1959), complemented with digging and hand-sorting. The combination of both methods creates a more complete sampling of species than the formalin method alone, which is not efficient in collecting species living in horizontal burrows. The specimens were killed in 70% ethanol and temporarily fixed in 4% formalin solution. After fixation in the formalin solution, they were transferred to 95% ethanol and finally into 75% ethanol.

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“…Since then, the researches are more or less continuous: seven new species were described from different parts of Turkey in the last decade (Csuzdi et al 2007, Szederjesi et al 2014a, 2014b and also a huge amount of new data were published as a result of the different faunistical studies (Mısırlıoğlu 2008, 2010, 2010, Mısırlıoğlu & Szederjesi 2015. …”

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New earthworm records from Turkey (Clitellata: Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae)

Szederjesi¹,

Mısırlıoğlu²

2017

Opusc Zool

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Abstract. Elaboration of an earthworm material collected in different parts of Turkey resulted in recording altogether eighteen species and subspecies. The Levantine Dendrobaena orientalis Černosvitov, 1940 was reported for the first time outside the Levant. The new occurrence of the Caucaso-Anatolian D. alpina armeniaca (Rosa, 1893) from Hatay province, Levantine Turkey shows that this species has a much larger distribution area than previously expected.

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New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Northeastern Mediterranean region (Clitellata: Megadrili).

The first combined checklist of earthworms of the Northeastern Mediterranean region (Clitellata: Megadrili).

Murchieona minuscula (Rosa, 1906): first finding from Bulgaria with earthworm diversity and zoogeography of Yıldız (Strandja) Mountain in Turkey and Bulgaria

New earthworm records from Turkey (Clitellata: Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae)

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