Temanonegia alba ( Gates, 1957 )

Álvarez-Abreu, Oniel & Carrera-Martínez, Roberto, 2025, Annotated checklist of the earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Hispaniola: a brief review and remarks, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 346-362 : 355

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15. Temanonegia alba ( Gates, 1957)

Nematogenia alba Gates, 1957: 438–441 . Reynolds & Reynolds 2001: 18. Reynolds & Reynolds 2004a: 15.

Temanonegia alba ( Gates, 1957) — Fragoso et al. 1995: 114 (table). Reynolds & Reynolds 2001: 18. Fragoso & Brown 2007: 69 (table). Rodrígez et al. 2007: 96. Betancourt Fernández et al. 2015: 6–3.

Locus typicus. “Loma Rucilla, Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic …”

Distribution. Dominican Republic ( Fragoso et al. 1995; Fragoso & Brown 2007; Rodríguez et al. 2007); DO, Cordillera Central, La Vega Province, Jarabacoa Municipality, Parque Nacional José Armando Bermúdez, Loma La Rucilla (Site 5, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Gates 1957; Reynolds & Reynolds 2001).

Remarks. This species is only known from its type locality in Hispaniola. It has also been reported in Cuba by Rodríguez et al. (2007). This record is based on a later identification of specimens reported from Holguín by Rodríguez Aragonés (1999).

References

Betancourt Fernandez, L., Herrera Moreno, A., Peguero, B. (2015) Situacion actual de la biodiversidad de la Republica Dominicana, Informe semiestructurado (segunda entrega). CAReBios, Santo Domingo, 514 pp.

Fragoso, C., James, S. W. & Borges, S. (1995) Native earthworms of the North Neotropical Region: Current Status and Controversies. In: Hendrix, P. F. (Ed.), Ecology and biogeography of earthworms in North America. Lewis Publ., Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 67-115.

Fragoso, C. & Brown, G. G. (2007) Ecologia y Taxonomia de las lombrices de tierra en Latinoamerica: El primer Encuentro Latino-Americano de Ecologia y Taxonomia de Oligoquetos (ELAETAO 1). In: Brown, G. G. & Fragoso, C. (Eds.), Minhocas na America Latina: Biodiversidade e Ecologia. Embrapa Soja, Londrina, pp. 33-75.

Gates, G. E. (1957) Contribution to a revision of the earthworm family Ocnerodrilidae. The genus Nematogenia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 117 (4), 425-445.

Reynolds, J. W. & Reynolds, D. W. (2001) Nuevos datos de lombrices de tierra (Oligochaeta) de la Republica Dominicana. Megadrilogica, 8 (5), 17-19.

Reynolds, J. W. & Reynolds, D. W. (2004 a) Nuevos registros de lombrices de tierra (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) de la Republica Dominicana. Megadrilogica, 10 (3), 14-16.

Rodriguez Aragones, C. 1999. Lombrices de tierra (Oligochaeta: Haplotaxida y Moniligastrida) de Cuba. Thesis. Universidad de La Habana, La Habana, 90 pp.

Rodriguez, C., Borges, S., de los Angeles Martinez, M., Fragoso, C., James, S. W. & Gonzalez, G. (2007) Biodiversidad y ecologia de las lombrices de tierra en las islas caribenas. In: Brown, G. G. & Fragoso, C. (Eds.), Minhocas na America Latina: Biodiversidade e Ecologia. Embrapa Soja, Londrina, pp. 79-98.