Earthworms of Turkey∗

Omodeo, Pietro Daniel; Rota, Emilia

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“…A circum-Antarctic group, the Acanthodrilacea, comprises species living in Chile, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, South Africa, Antarctic islands, New Zealand and New Reynolds (1995); distribution of Alma according to Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971); eastern boundaries of Criodrilus according to Perel (1979), southern boundaries in Maghreb according to Omodeo & Martinucci (1987).…”

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Evolution and biogeography of megadriles (Annelida, Clitellata)

Omodeo

2000

Italian Journal of Zoology

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Evolution and biogeography of megadriles (Annelida, Clitellata)

Omodeo

2000

Italian Journal of Zoology

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“…The first organized earthworm collecting trip to Turkey took place at the end of the 1980's and resulted in describing altogether 15 species new to science (Omodeo & Rota 1989, 1991. Csuzdi et al (2006) summarized the knowledge on the Turkish earthworm fauna.…”

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

Szederjesi¹

2017

Opusc Zool

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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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“…For example, Octodrilus transpadanus, Proctodrilus tuberculatus, and Lumbricus rubellus are also found in Belgrade forest (Omodeo and Rota, 1989) near İstanbul. O. transpadanus has been registered in Mesopotamia (Pavlícek et al, 2009).…”

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“…O. transpadanus has been registered in Mesopotamia (Pavlícek et al, 2009). P. tuberculatus is common in the Trans-Aegean region (Mihailova, 1966;Omodeo and Rota, 1989). L. rubellus is a peregrine species that is widely distributed on the territory of Bulgaria and Turkey (Zicsi, 1973;Valchovski, 2012).…”

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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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Earthworms of Turkey∗

Cited by 48 publications

References 14 publications

Evolution and biogeography of megadriles (Annelida, Clitellata)

Evolution and biogeography of megadriles (Annelida, Clitellata)

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

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