Helodrilus patriarchalis ( ROSA, 1893 )

Csuzdi, C. & Pavliček, T., 2005, Earthworms From Israel. Ii. Remarks On The Genus Perelia Easton, 1983 With Descriptions Of A New Genus And Two New Species, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51 (2), pp. 75-96 : 92

Helodrilus patriarchalis ( ROSA, 1893)

Allolobophora patriarchalis ROSA, 1893: 9 ; BODENHEIMER 1935: 393.

Helodrilus patriarchalis : BODENHEIMER 1937: 259; PAVLÍČEK et al. 2003: 457.

Material examined:: No. 10604, 4 ex., Mas’ada, Golan Heights, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1997.06.05 . No. 12423, 6 ex., Nahal David, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1996.02.18 . No. 12456, 5 ex., Nahal Betzet, Upper Galilee, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1996.11.17 . No. 12887, 21 ex., Afeq, under Tamariscus bush, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1998.01.17 . No. 12900, 3 ex., Afeq, bank of stream, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1998.01.17 . No. 14056, 1 ex., Ha Emir Junction, Golan Junction, T. PAVLÍČEK & CS. CSUZDI, 2001.03.23 . No. 14130, 1 ex., Jordan River near the Kinneret, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2000.12.30 . No. 12601, juv. 3 ex., Golan Heights, T. PAVLÍČEK, 1997.04.05 . No. 14023, 4 ex., Nahal Arugot, T. PAVLÍČEK & CS. CSUZDI, 2001.03.17 . No. 14617 4 ex., Atlit, stream bank, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2002.03.12 . No. 14707 1 ex., Zarka, Má’in Jordan, T. PAVLÍČEK, 2004.01.16 .

Remark. This amphibious species is recorded from Greece ( ZICSI & MICHA-

LIS 1981), Transcaucasus ( KVAVADZE 1985), and the East Mediterranean.