Murchieona minuscula(Rosa, 1906), a newly recorded earthworm from Israel, and distribution of the generaDendrobaenaandBimastosin Israel (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Zoology in the Middle East
- Vol. 25 (1) , 105-114
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2002.10637911
Abstract
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).Keywords
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