Diporodrilus pilosus, Bouche, 1970

Marchán, Daniel Fernández, Gérard, Sylvain, Hedde, Mickaël, Rougerie, Rodolphe & Decaëns, Thibaud, 2022, An updated checklist and a DNA barcode library for the earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) of Corsica, France, Zoosystema 44 (17), pp. 439-461 : 451

Diporodrilus pilosus L3

MATERIAL COLLECTED. — France • 7 adult specimens; HauteCorse , Sisco, Chapelle Saint Michel; 42°49’22”N, 9°25’58”E; 344 m a.s.l.; 31.III.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; MNHN ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0375, DFM-0376, DFM-0377, DFM-0378, DFM-0379, DFM-0380) • Haute-Corse , Sisco, Piano di Poraja; 42°48’36”N, 9°27’43”E; 135 m a.s.l.; 31.III.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0101) .

REMARKS

The three species-level lineages found within D. pilosus showed slight morphological differences in the position of genital papillae and spermathecae; unfortunately, one of them was represented by a single juvenile specimen (precluding any relevant morphological study). Thus, at least two of those lineages could be considered as new species, or up to all of them if none matches the type material of the species. More detailed work and additional sampling will allow to perform further taxonomic acts.