Amynthas corticis ( Kinberg, 1867 )

Misirlioğlu, İbrahim Mete & Stojanović, Mirjana, 2018, Distribution of non-lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Criodrilidae, Megascolecidae and Ocnerodrilidae) on the Balkans and Anatolia with first record of Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892) from Turkey, Zootaxa 4496 (1), pp. 197-205 : 200

Amynthas corticis ( Kinberg, 1867)

Perichaeta corticis Kinberg, 1867: 102 .

Pheretima heterochaeta: Michaelsen 1891 ; CsuZdi 2012; SZederjesi 2015: 143.

Pheretima peregrina v. papillosa TZelepis, 1943 : CsuZdi 2012; SZederjesi 2015: 143.

Amynthas corticis Omodeo & Rota 1989: 169 ; Mısırlıoğlu 2007: 104; Blakemore 2008a: 46; CsuZdi 2012: 97–99.

Habitat. Hornbeam and beech forest ( Omodeo & Rota,1989).

Distribution on the Balkans and Anatolia. Greece ( Michalis 1982; Szederjesi 2015); Turkey (Artvin: Omodeo & Rota 1989; Osmaniye and Antalya: Mısırlıoğlu, 2007; Rota 2013b).

Material examined in Anatolia. 6 ex Adana, Seyhan Dam Border (37°02'03''N, 35°20'98''E), altitude 45m, 0 1.10.2015. 8 ex . Adana, Seyhan Dam Bend (37°32'03''N, 35°20'33''E), altitude 54 m, 0 1.10.2015.

World distribution. Indigenous in southeastern Asia and Japan ( Sun et al., 2015). But introduced Afrotropical region, East Nearctic region, Neotropical region, North Africa, Oriental region, Australia and in Europe ( Sims & Gerard 1999; Blakemore 2008a; Rota 2013b).