Eisenia andrei Bouché, 1972

Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2011, Catalogue of the Lumbricidae (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbricoidea) from South America, with remarks on the systematics of the Lumbricina, Zoosystema 33 (2), pp. 141-173 : 155

15. Eisenia andrei Bouché, 1972

Eisenia fetida andrei Bouché, 1972: 381 (nom nov. pro Eisenia foetida var. unicolor André, 1963 ). — Jaenike 1982: 6. — Casabe et al., 2007: 232.

Eisenia unicolor – Øien & Stenersen 1984: 277.

Eisenia andrei – Sims & Gerard 1985: 79. — Fragoso & Brown 2007: 70.

DISTRIBUTION. — CHI (Muñoz-Pedreros et al. 2001: 27). ARG: Buenos Aires ( Mischis & Herrera 2006: 292); Córdoba ( Mischis 2007). BOL: La Paz city ( Römbke & Zicsi 2007:229). BRA: PR ( Brown et al. 2004:33; James & Brown 2006: 56); SP (Brown & James 2006:147; James & Brown 2006:56); RJ (Brown et al. 2006:339); MG: Juiz de Fora (Pérez-Losada et al. 2005: 318); DF: Brasília; PE; PB (Brown et al. 2006: 339). Europe (Bouché 1972: 381).

REMARKS

Blakemore (2002: 312) recently synonymyzed this species with E. fetida . However, Pérez-Losada et al. (2005: 317) were able to distinguish the two species on the basis of DNA sequences, and Dominguez et al. (2005) separated them on the basis of biological traits.