Dendrobaena pentheri ( Rosa, 1905 )

Szederjesi, Tímea, Dányi, László, Kaydan, Mehmet Bora & Csuzdi, Csaba, 2018, Contribution to the knowledge of the earthworm fauna of Turkey with description of three new species (Clitellata: Megadrili), Zootaxa 4496 (1), pp. 160-172 : 164

Dendrobaena pentheri ( Rosa, 1905)

Allolobophora (Notogama) pentheri Rosa, 1905: 6 .

Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) aegeus Cognetti 1913: 4 (Szederjesi 2015) .

Denrobaena pentheri: Csuzdi et al. 2006: 12 .

Material examined. HNHM/17047 1 ex., No. 11, Korkuteli, Antalya, W of the settlement, machia with Quercus coccifera and Pinus , N37°03.263' E30°09.467', 1110 m, leg. L. Dányi, M.B. Kaydan, 17.0 4.2015. HNHM/17081 1 ex., No. 40, Uzun Ahmetköy, Erzurum, NW of the village, pasture, N39°57.710' E41°24.461', 1855 m, leg. L. Dányi, M.B. Kaydan, 26.0 4.2015. HNHM/17090 1 ex., No. 44, Değirmenli, Ardahan, NNW of the settlement, pasture, N41°11.519' E42°35.157', 1986 m, leg. L. Dányi, M.B. Kaydan, 25.0 4.2015. HNHM/17099 1 ex., No. 28, Sapaca, Kastamonu, NW of the village, open young Pinus forest, N41°21.098' E33°51.303', 973 m, L. Dányi, M.B. Kaydan, 23.0 4.2015. HNHM/17106 1 ex., No. 32, Yenikonacık, Pozantı, Adana, SE of the village, under Pinus , Juniperus and Quercus , N37°25.007' E34°51.077', 999 m, leg. M.B. Kaydan, 0 1.0 5.2015.

Remarks. D. pentheri is a widely distributed East-Mediterranean species ( Szederjesi et al. 2017, Fig. 1.2). Its area stretches from the Caspian Sea to Cyprus and Rhodes from where it was described as Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) aegeus Cognetti, 1913 which name has recently been synonymized with D. pentheri (Szederjesi 2015) .