On the molecular taxonomy of the Dendrobaena alpina species complex, with description of a new species (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)

Csaba Csuzdi; Hristo Valchovski; Virág Krízsik; Tomáš Pavlíček; Tímea Szederjesi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.10

On the molecular taxonomy of the Dendrobaena alpina species complex, with description of a new species (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)

Csaba Csuzdi, Hristo Valchovski, Virág Krízsik, Tomáš Pavlíček, Tímea Szederjesi

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Abstract

The molecular phylogenetic analysis of the D. alpina species group and related taxa revealed that this group in the present form is polyphyletic. The dark-red pigmented D. alpina alpina (Rosa, 1884) specimens from the Alps form a distinct clade together with D. alpina alteclitellata (Pop, 1938) and D. clujensis Pop, 1938 (Central European clade). The unpigmented Bulgarian specimens are now part of a clade consisting of Anatolian and Levantine species, namely D. orientalis Cernosvitov, 1940, D. pentheri (Rosa, 1905), D. orientaloides Zicsi, 1985 and D. semitica Rosa, 1893a. Consequently, the unpigmented worms from Bulgaria represent a new species described herein as Dendrobaena misirlioglui sp. nov.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	62-67
Number of pages	6
Journal	Zootaxa
Volume	5255
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.10
State	Published - 15 Mar 2023

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Keywords

Balkan
DNA
Earthworms
Rila Mts
Taxonomy

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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