Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) affinis ( Michaelsen, 1890 )

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 : 350

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Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) affinis ( Michaelsen, 1890 )
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2. Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) affinis ( Michaelsen, 1890)

Dichogaster affinis ( Michaelsen, 1890) — Michaelsen 1902: 20. Michaelsen 1903: 109. Cognetti de Martiis 1905: 38. Michaelsen 1905: 26. Michaelsen 1908: 15. Michaelsen 1909: 6. Gates 1942: 94. Gates 1972: 78–79. Julka 1988: 100–103, figs. 89–92. Csuzdi & Zicsi 1991: 180 (map). Reynolds & Reynolds 2001: 17. Rodríguez et al. 2007: 97 (table). Reynolds 2020: 74. Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) affinis ( Michaelsen, 1890) — Csuzdi 2006: 21. Fragoso & Brown 2007: 64 (table). For a full synonym list, see Csuzdi (2010).

Distribution. Haiti ( Michaelsen 1905; Michaelsen 1909; Gates 1942; Gates 1972; Julka 1988; Reynolds & Reynolds 2001; Fragoso & Brown 2007; Rodríguez et al. 2007; Reynolds 2020); HT, Ouest Department, Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Port-au-Prince (Site 1, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Michaelsen 1902; Michaelsen 1903; Cognetti de Martiis 1905); HT, Nord Department, Cap-Haïtien Arrondissement, Cap-Haïtien (Site 2, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ) ( Michaelsen 1908; Csuzdi 2006).

Cognetti de Martiis, L. (1905) Gli Oligocheti della regione neotropicale. Parte I. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, 55, 1-72. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11391

Csuzdi, Cs. & Zicsi, A. (1991) Uber die Verbreitung neuer und bekannter Dichogaster und Eutrigaster Arten aus Mittel- und Sudamerika (Oligochaeta: Octochaetidae). Regenwurmer aus Sudamerika 15. Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 37 (3 - 4), 177-192.

Csuzdi, Cs. (2006) Annotierter Katalog der Benhamiinae Arten in der Sammlung des Zoologischen Instituts und Museums von Hamburg (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae). Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 35, 19-33.

Csuzdi, Cs. (2010) A monograph of the Paleotropical Benhamiinae earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae). Pedozoologica Hungarica, 6, 1-215.

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. (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

Julka, J. M. (1988) The fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Megadrile Oligochaeta (earthworms): Haplotaxida, Lumbricina, Megascolecoidea, Octochaetidae. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, xiv + 400 pp.

Michaelsen, W. (1890) Oligochaeten des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg III. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 7, 1-12.

Michaelsen, W. (1902) Oligochaeten und neue Fundorte altbekannte. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 19, 1-54.

Michaelsen, W. (1903) Die geographische Verbreitung der Oligochaeten. Friedlander and Sohn, Berlin, 192 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2026

Michaelsen, W. (1905) Oligochaeta fur 1901, 1902 und 1903. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 71 (2), 1-44.

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. (2020) Rare earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in the continental United States. Megadrilogica, 25 (5), 61-88.

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

Octochaetidae

Genus

Dichogaster

SubGenus

Diplothecodrilus