Remarks on the earthworm genus Helodrilus Hoffmeister, 1845 with new epigean and subterranean records (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Tímea Szederjesi; Dorottya Angyal; Gergely Balázs; László Dányi

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis (Nov 2014)

Remarks on the earthworm genus Helodrilus Hoffmeister, 1845 with new epigean and subterranean records (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Tímea Szederjesi,
Dorottya Angyal,
Gergely Balázs,
László Dányi

Affiliations

Tímea Szederjesi: Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/C.
Dorottya Angyal: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13.
Gergely Balázs: Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, H-1117 Budapest, Pázmány P. sétány 1/C.
László Dányi: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 45, no. 2
pp. 181 – 188

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The earthworm genus Helodrilus Hoffmeister, 1845 is shortly reviewed. Its special semi-aquatic and subterranean way of life and its consequences to the taxonomy of the genus is discussed. Several new occurrences of some little-known Helodrilus species are given including new country records of H. oculatus for Hungary and H. putricola putricola for Portugal. Examining a topotype of H. hachiojii revealed presence of saccular nephridial bladders consequently, here we propose its transposal to the genus Eisenia as E. hachiojii (Blakemore, 2007) comb. nov.

Published in Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis

ISSN: 0237-5419 (Print); 2063-1588 (Online)
Publisher: Eötvös Loránd University
Country of publisher: Hungary
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Zoology
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