Allolobophora mehadiensis boscaiui Pop, 1948

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Allolobophora mehadiensis boscaiui Pop, 1948

Allolobophora mehadiensis var. boscaiui Pop, 1948: 104 .

Allolobophora mehadiensis var. boscaiui: Pop 1949: 449 .

Allolobophora (Serbiona) mehadiensis voivodinensis Šapkarev, 1989: 40. syn. nov. Serbiona mehadiensis boscaiui: Mršić 1991: 187.

Serbiona mehadiensis voivodinensis: Mršić 1991: 189.

MaterialeXamined. HNHM/16219 1 eX., Oltenia , Dâmbova, oak-hornbeammiXed forest, 458 m, N44°56.995’ E23°11.667’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán , V. V. Pop , 30.10.2007 . HNHM/16223 1 eX ., HNHM/16224 1 eX ., HNHM/16765 3 eX., Oltenia , Groşerea, young oak forest, 131 m, N44°42.341’ E23°29.320’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán , V. V. Pop , 30.10.2007 . HNHM/16257 4 eX., Oltenia , nearLeleşti, oakforestandmeadow, 265 m, N45°04.102’ E23°12.525’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán , V. V. Pop , 27.10.2007 .

Remarks. Allolobophoramehadiensis isapolytypicspecieswitheXtensive Daciandistribution (STOJAnOvIć etal. 2012) andquitevariableclitellarand tuberculardata. Thepositionoftheclitelluminthesubspecies boscaiui and voivodinensis isalmostcompletelyoverlappingandthisisalsothecasewith thetubercles ( Table 1). Moreoverthetwotypelocalitiesarequiteclosetoeach other (some 120 kmapart).

ŠAPkAREv (1989) waswellawareoftheeXistenceof A. m. boscaiui but seeminglydidn’treadtheoriginaldescriptionbecauseinhisgraphicalrep- resentationoftheclitellarorgansofthedifferent mehadiensis subspecies ( ŠAPkAREv 1989, fig. 9) hegaveerroneousdatafor boscaiui (cl. 33, 34, 35–44, 45; tb. 37–42, 43, 44) therefore we concluded that A. m. voivodinensis is only a synonymnameof A. m. boscaiui.

Ourmaterialcorrespondswellwiththeoriginaldataof A. m. boscaui with slight variation of the clitellar data as cl. ½ 33, 34–44, 45; tb. ½ 38, 38, 39–44, 45.