On Schmarda's lost earthworm and some newly found New Zealand species (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae, &amp; Megascolecidae s. stricto)

Blakemore, Robert J.

doi:10.12651/jsr.2012.1.2.105

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“…Eisenia fetida is the earliest representative of the genus, originally Enterion fetidum Savigny, 1826: 182 (type locality Paris; types in Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris according to Stöp-Bowitz, 1969: 172); its 15 progressive synonyms, lastly including Eisenia andrei andrei Bouché, 1972: 381 (with types in Sully, France, OECO79-1388-4321), are fully presented in Blakemore (2008a, 2010, 2012, 2013a, b). …”

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“…Kobayashi’s data are given in Table 2, albeit all five taxa are currently held in the extensive (four page!) synonym list of Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) (e.g., by Gates 1974, Easton 1983, Blakemore 2008a, 2010, 2012; cf Tab. 2…”

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“…Both have the flared clitella in 29-31 characteristic of Aporrectodea rosea and neither aresuperficially distinguishable from Aporrectodea rosea itself defined with clitellum in 25,26-31,32 and TP 29-½31,31 or thereabouts, plus several combinations of setal tumescences. Internally Aporrectodea rosea has spermathecae absent or in 9/10/11 dorsally; calciferous glands in 10; U-shaped nephridial bladders and it has a compound typhlosole – see Blakemore (2010, 2012). Thus possibly some or all of Kobayashi’s taxa, as well as athecal Allolobophora prashadi , may either be Northeast China candidates for Aporrectodea rosea or for parts of the Eisenia fetida and Eisenia nordenskioldi spp.-complexes.…”

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“…A national report on sustainable development cites vermicompost production since 2005 by Ulziin Gol LLC a local company in Selenge Province, presumably using mundane compost-worm, Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) that for the last 30 yrs, and currently, includes as its ultimate of 15 subsequent synonyms Eisenia andrei andrei Bouché, 1972 as determined by Easton (1983), Blakemore (2003, 2004 p. 97, 2006, 2008a, b, 2010, 2012a, b, 2013a, b), Csuzdi and Zicsi (2005 p. 143), Blakemore et al (2010), Blakemore and Grygier (2011), and Csuzdi (2012). …”

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Earthworms newly from Mongolia (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae, Eisenia)

Blakemore¹

2013

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Two new megadrile earthworms from the steppes, the first species wholly from Outer Mongolia, are ascribed to the partially parthenogenetic Eisenia nordenskioldi (Eisen, 1879) species-complex. Taxonomic justification of sympatric Eisenia nordenskioldi mongol and Eisenia nordenskioldi onon ssp. n. are supported by mtDNA COI barcodes. The unreliability of molecular differentiation based on voucher names compared to definitive types is again demonstrated, as pertains to the ultimate Eisenia andrei Bouché, 1972 synonym of the Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) sibling species-complex composed of more than a dozen prior names. Similar species described from Northeast China [formerly Manchuria] and North Korea are briefly considered, albeit they are intermittently held in synonymy of cosmopolitan Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) along with many other taxa including some exotic lumbricids initially found in India. Japanese and North American lumbricids are also mentioned. Distributions are discussed and an annotated checklist of all nine Siberian/sub-arctic Eisenia nordenskioldi ssp. is appended.

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Earthworms newly from Mongolia (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae, Eisenia)

Blakemore¹

2013

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“…This was, however, not finally published until 10 years later as modified under Glasby et al (2009) . Whereas the seminal works by Lee (1952 , 1959 ) culminated in approximately 193 species in two families, subsequent lists by Blakemore (2000a , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 ) totaled 214 taxa in five families with some names removed and several others added.…”

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Further records of non-cryptic New Zealand earthworms

Blakemore¹

2011

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Current descriptions add natives Aporodrilus aotea sp. n., Aporodrilus ponga sp. n. and Notoscolex repanga sp. n., plus new exotic records to the numbers of megadrile earthworms known from New Zealand, which are now raised from 193 to 222 species in five families, viz: Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae and Megascolecidae, plus Lumbricidae and Glossoscolecidae for exotics. Overlooked spermathecal diverticula have been located for Notoscolex equestris Benham, 1942 and for Megascolex animae Lee, 1959 and non-tubular prostrates were misconstrued as tubular in Megascolides tasmani Lee, 1959. Of these latter three species, a lectotype is designated for Notoscolex equestris and holotypes of the other two are briefly redescribed. Whereas Megascolides tasmani now belongs in Notoscolex Fletcher, 1887 and Megascolides animae belongs in Anisochaeta Beddard, 1890, further lack of dorsal pores in Notoscolex equestris as with Notoscolex esculentus (Benham, 1904) and Notoscolex mortenseni (Michaelsen, 1924) newly qualifies all three as additional combs. novae in primarily Tasmanian genus Aporodrilus Blakemore, 2000.

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