Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)

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 : 353

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Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)
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9. Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867) View in CoL

Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867) View in CoL — Michaelsen 1908: 26. Michaelsen 1909: 6. Gates 1942: 98. Gates 1954: 223–224. Gates 1972: 51–52. Borges 1988: 315–326. Reynolds & Reynolds 2001: 17, 18. Reynolds & Reynolds 2004a: 15, 16. Reynolds & Reynolds 2006: 89. Fragoso & Brown 2007: 66 (table). Rodríguez et al. 2007: 98 (table). Reynolds & Reynolds 2007: 19, 20. Blakemore 2015: 528–535 View Cited Treatment , fig. 3 (map).

Distribution. Haiti ( Michaelsen 1909; Gates 1942; Gates 1972; Borges 1988; Reynolds & Reynolds 2001; Rodríguez et al. 2007; Blakemore 2015); HT, Nord Department, Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, Cap-Haïtien (Site 2, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Michaelsen 1908); HT, Ouest Department, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Port-au-Prince (Site 1, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Michaelsen 1908); HT, Artibonite Department, Marmelade Arrondissement, Saint-Michel-de-l'Atalaye (Site 12, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Gates 1954). Dominican Republic ( Reynolds & Reynolds 2004a; Rodríguez et al. 2007); DO, Puerto Plata Province, Sosúa Municipality, Hotel Casa Marina Beach and Reef (Site 3, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Reynolds & Reynolds 2001); DO, Puerto Plata Province, Luperón Municipality, Luperón Beach Resort (Site 13, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Reynolds & Reynolds 2004a); DO, Espaillat Province, Gaspar Hernández Municipality, Bahia Principe Grand San Juan (Site 14, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Reynolds & Reynolds 2007).

Blakemore, R. J. (2015) Eco-taxonomic profile of an iconic vermicomposter - the ' African Nightcrawler' earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867). African Invertebrates, 56 (3), 527-548. https://doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0302

Borges, S. (1988) Los Oligoquetos terrestres de Puerto Rico. Thesis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, 376 pp.

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. (1942) Check list and bibliography of North American earthworms. The American Midland Naturalist, 27 (1), 86-108. https://doi.org/10.2307/2421027

Gates, G. E. (1954) Exotic earthworms of the United States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 111 (6), 217-258.

Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese Earthworms. An introduction to the systematics of megadrile oligochaetes with special references to southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 62 (7), 1-326. https://doi.org/10.2307/1006214

Michaelsen, W. (1908) Die Oligochaten Westindiens. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 11, 13-32.

Michaelsen, W. (1909) Oligochaeta fur 1908. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 75 (2), 1-10.

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.

Reynolds, J. W. & Reynolds, D. W. (2006) Sobre algunas lombrices de tierra (Oligochaeta) de Honduras, C. A. Megadrilogica, 10 (11), 87-91.

Reynolds, J. W. & Reynolds, D. W. (2007) Primeros registros de lombrices de tierra (Oligochaeta) para la provincia de Espaillat, Republica Dominicana. Megadrilogica, 11 (2), 19-20.

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.

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FIGURE 1. Approximate locations of known earthworm records from Hispaniola. The yellow spots and numbers (see the checklist) correspond to the specific localities where earthworms have been collected.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Annelida

Class

Clitellata

SubClass

Oligochaeta

Order

Crassiclitellata

Family

Eudrilidae

Genus

Eudrilus