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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 282-288 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Zootaxa |
Volume | 3884 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Nov 2014 |
Bibliographical note
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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