Abstract
New earthworm samples from Cyprus are assessed and discussed. A re-evaluation of specimens previously relegated to the Southern Alpine species Perelia nematogena (Rosa, 1903), revealed two independent species: Perelia phoebea (Cognetti, 1913) ,described originally from Rhodes Island, (Greece) and an undescribed species Perelia makrisi sp. n. The new species is similar also to the Levantine Pe. galileana Csuzdi & Pavlíček, 2005 and corroborates the hypotheses that the autochthonous earthworm fauna of Cyprus is of Levantine origin. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD1996DC-2FFC-42D5-A1D2-005B50E6FC64
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 158-163 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Zoology in the Middle East |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2 Apr 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
Keywords
- Cyprus
- Earthworms
- Messinian period
- endemism
- new species
- the Levant
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Animal Science and Zoology
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