Dendrobaena nivalis Omodeo & Rota 1989

Cs, Csuzdi, Zicsi, A. & Misirlioǧlu, M., 2006, An annotated checklist of the earthworm fauna of Turkey (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 1175, pp. 1-29 : 11

Dendrobaena nivalis Omodeo & Rota 1989

( Fig. 13 .)

Dendrobaena nivalis Omodeo & Rota, 1989: 190 . GümüŞhane Bayburt, GümüŞhane Kopdaǧ ı Geçidi, Erzurum 20 km. W of Erzurum. Dendrobaena nivalis : M ı s ı rl ı oǧlu 2004: 2. Kütahya Çerte.

Remarks: This species possibly has affinities with D. adaiensis (Michaelsen, 1900) or D. boneinensis (Michaelsen, 1910) . Unfortunately we have no data on the musculature type of this species, therefore its closer relationships could not be determined.

Dendrobaena orientalis Č ernosvitov, 1940

(Fig. 11.)

Dendrobaena semitica: Omodeo 1952: 13 . Soǧukoluk İskenderun, Harbiye Antakya, Narl ı ca Antakya.

New records: Z/14702 1 ex. Hatay province Sinkan. Leg. Z. Fehér, 2002.03.26.

Remarks: This newly recorded specimen shows all the characteristics of D. orientalis : clitellum 24­33, tubercles 30­32 and last pairs of hearts in 11.

Omodeo (1952) reported D. semitica from Turkey, but the characters given clearly differ from the description of D. semitica and correspond well with that of D. orientalis .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Distribution of four endemic Dendrobaena species in Turkey. FIGURE 14. Distribution of the earthworm species with Balkanic affinities in Turkey. FIGURE 15. Distribution of three Caucaso­Anatolian Dendrobaena species in Turkey