Review of the Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910) species group with description of two new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)

Tímea Szederjesi, Tomás Pavlícek, Robabeh Latif, Csaba Csuzdi

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Abstract

The Eisenia muganiensis species group is established, consisting of a set of Asian earthworm species characterized by elongate, backward placed clitellum and tubercles: Eisenia malevici Perel, 1962; Eisenia muganiensis (Michaelsen, 1910); Eisenia patriciae Szederjesi, Pavlícek, Coskun & Csuzdi, 2014 and Eisenia transcaucasica (Perel, 1967). The species are shortly reviewed and furthermore, two new species of the E. muganiensis group are described, E. kontschani sp. nov. from Turkey and E. malekae sp. nov. from Iran.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)282-288
Number of pages7
JournalZootaxa
Volume3884
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Nov 2014

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Keywords

  • Asia
  • Biodiversity
  • Clitellata
  • Earthworms
  • Iran
  • Turanian-Far Eastern domain
  • Turkey

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Animal Science and Zoology

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