Diplomoela browni James & Bartz, 2023

Silva, Elodie Da, Santos, Alessandra, Nadolny, Herlon S., Bartz, Marie L. C., James, Samuel W. & Brown, George G., 2023, Earthworms from natural and managed ecosystems in Southern Bahia, Brazil, Zootaxa 5255 (1), pp. 270-282 : 273-274

Diplomoela browni James & Bartz, 2023

BRBA0010 (BRBADNA0331), 1 adult minhocuçu ( Figure 1C ); topsoil (0–20cm) of native forest at the Estaç „o Ecológica Pau Brasil, Porto Seguro, BA (S16.38596 W39.17433); 113 m a.s.l., 13-11-2014, M.L.C. Bartz and G.G. Brown, colls .

Diplomoela sp. nov.

BRBA0011 (BRBADNA0347), 1 sub-adult of a different species of Diplomoela in topsoil (0–20cm) of native forest at the RPPN Estaç „o Veracel , Porto Seguro, BA (S16.38724 W39.16957) ; 90 m a.s.l., 14-11-2014, M.L.C. Bartz and G.G. Brown, colls.

Pauqueba uirassu James, Bartz & Brown, 2023

BRBADNA0322, one individual in the litter of forest at the RPPN Serra Bonita, Camac„, BA (S15.23054 W39.34283); 908 m a.s.l., 11-11-2014, G.G. Brown, coll. BRBADNA0325, one individual in bromeliad of forest at the RPPN Serra Bonita, Camac„, BA (S15.38485 W39.57453); 902 m a.s.l., 11-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls.

Pauqueba bonita James, Bartz & Brown, 2023

BRBADNA0326-0328ABC (5 vials), each with one individual in bromeliad of forest at the RPPN Serra Bonita, Camac„, BA (S15.38485 W39.57453); 902 m a.s.l., 11-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls.

Pauqueba sp. nov.

BRBADNA0333, 1 juvenile of a different Pauqueba species; topsoil (0–20 cm) of native forest at the RPPN Estaç „o Veracel , Porto Seguro, BA (S16.23141 W39.10105); 90 m a.s.l., 14-11-2014, G.G. Brown, coll.

Parabauba veracelensis James, Bartz & Brown, 2023

COFMBRBADNA0336-0341 (6 vials), each with one individual collected at 30 cm depth of native forest at the RPPN Estaç„o Veracel, Porto Seguro, BA (S16.38724 W39.16957); 90 m a.s.l., 14-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls.

Parabauba sp. nov.

BRBADNA0309-0310 (2 vials), each with one individual of a new Parabauba species (different from P. veracelensis ), collected from the topsoil (0–20 cm) of forest at Rebio de Una, CEPLAC (Comiss„o Executiva do Plano da Lavoura Cacaueira), Una, BA (S15.25578 W39.10320); 103 m a.s.l., 09-11-2014, M.L.C. Bartz, coll.

Ocnerodrilidae sp.

BRBA0004 , 1 individual; topsoil (0–20 cm) of cacao plantation at the RPPN Serra Bonita, Camac „, BA (S15.40871 W39.54012); 216 m a.s.l., 12-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls. BRBADNA0335, individual collected at 30 cm depth of native forest at the RPPN Estaç„o Veracel , Porto Seguro, BA (S16.38724 W39.16957); 90 m a.s.l., 14-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls. BRBADNA0342, 1 juvenile; topsoil (0–20cm) of cacao plantation at Serra das Lontras National Park , Arataca, BA (S15.13559 W39.31097); 502 m a.s.l., 10-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz colls. BRBADNA0344, 1 juvenile; topsoil (0–20 cm) of native forest at the RPPN Estaç „o Veracel , Porto Seguro, BA (S16.38724 W39.16957); 90 m a.s.l., 14-11-2014, H. Nadolny, M.L.C. Bartz, E. da Silva and G.G. Brown, colls .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Adult Rhinodrilus sp. nov. in diapause at 60 cm depth in the sandy forest soil of the Pau Brasil Ecological Station (A) and individual (>1 m long) killed on the road next to the RPPN Estaç„o Veracel (B) in Ilhéus; Diplomoela browni in the hands of M.L.C. Bartz (C) which ventured into the open hole dug to collect the former species at the Pau Brasil Ecological Station forest. Both species are>60 cm long in-vivo, and the soil in which they were found has extensive evidence of their bioturbation, with many darker organic-matter rich castings deposited within earthworm burrows in the lighter-colored sandy soil matrix (D).