TY - JOUR
T1 - Murchieona minuscula (rosa, 1906), a newly recorded earthworm from israel, and distribution of the genera dendrobaena and bimastos in israel (oligochaeta, lumbricidae)
AU - Csuzdi, Csaba
AU - Pavlíček, Tomáš
PY - 2002/1/1
Y1 - 2002/1/1
N2 - The distribution of Murchieona minuscula, Bimastos syriacus, B. jordanis, Dendrobaena byblica, D. kervillei, D. orientalis, D. semitica, D. veneta, and D. negevis in Israel is described and discussed in relation with the annual precipitation. The occurrence in Israel of Murchieona minuscula, previously known only from the Balkans and the Italian peninsula, is reported. To avoid a possible confusion between M. minuscula and M. muldali (Omodeo, 1956), their taxonomic relationship is discussed as well as their distribution. Taxonomic problems are also discussed in Dendrobaena veneta kervillei (Michaelsen, 1910), which is upgraded to D. kervillei (Michaelsen, 1910).
AB - The distribution of Murchieona minuscula, Bimastos syriacus, B. jordanis, Dendrobaena byblica, D. kervillei, D. orientalis, D. semitica, D. veneta, and D. negevis in Israel is described and discussed in relation with the annual precipitation. The occurrence in Israel of Murchieona minuscula, previously known only from the Balkans and the Italian peninsula, is reported. To avoid a possible confusion between M. minuscula and M. muldali (Omodeo, 1956), their taxonomic relationship is discussed as well as their distribution. Taxonomic problems are also discussed in Dendrobaena veneta kervillei (Michaelsen, 1910), which is upgraded to D. kervillei (Michaelsen, 1910).
KW - Distribution
KW - Earthworms
KW - Middle East
KW - Systematics
KW - Taxonomy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036106095&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09397140.2002.10637911
DO - 10.1080/09397140.2002.10637911
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036106095
SN - 0939-7140
VL - 25
SP - 105
EP - 114
JO - Zoology in the Middle East
JF - Zoology in the Middle East
IS - 1
ER -