Aporrectodea caliginosa (SAVIGNY, 1826)

Csuzdi, C., Pavlíček, T. & Mısırlıoğlu, M., 2007, Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Criodrilidae And Acanthodrilidae) Of Hatay Province, Turkey, With Description Of Three New Lumbricids, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (4), pp. 347-361 : 348-349

Aporrectodea caliginosa (SAVIGNY, 1826)

Aporrectodea caliginosa : MİSİRLİOĞLU, 2002: 18, MİSİRLİOĞLU, 2004: 3, CSUZDI & PAVLÍČEK 2005: 88 , CSUZDI, ZICSI & MİSİRLİOĞLU 2006: 4.,

Allolobophora caliginosa subsp. trapezoides : OMODEO 1952: 9.

Allolobophora caliginosa f. trapezoides : OMODEO 1955: 2.

Allolobophora caliginosa : ZICSI 1973: 229. Nicodrilus caliginosus trapezoides : OMODEO & ROTA 1989: 181.

Nicodrilus caliginosus complex: OMODEO & ROTA 1991: 176.

Aporrectodea trapezoides : MİSİRLİOĞLU, 2004: 2.

Material examined: Z/14892 two ex. Turkey, Iskenderun , Sakarya quarter, orange grove, grassy area, leg. C. A. TURKMEN, 13 May 2005 . Z/14895 five ex. Turkey, Iskenderun , Sakarya quarter, orange grove, grassy area, leg. C. A. TURKMEN, 13 May 2005 . Z/14897 two ex. Turkey, Iskenderun, Karaağaç , bank of irrigation canal, grassy and brushwood area, leg. C. A. TURKMEN, 13 May 2005 . Z/15082 two ex. Turkey, Hatay Province, mountain valley near Akbez , 36°51’N, 36°30’E, riverbank with Platanus trees, leg. T. PAVLÍČEK, 16 April 2006 . Z/15094 ten ex. Turkey, Hatay Province, near the road between Reyhanlı to Kırıkhan, near Karahöyük (6 km N from Reyhanlı ), 36°28’ 58’’N, 36°14’20’’E, bank of a small stream inside an agricultural plain, leg. T. PAVLÍČEK, 12 April 2006 . Z/15101 one ex. Turkey, Hatay Province, near the road from Akbez to Islahiye , 36°52’N, 36°33’E, limestone and alluvial sediments, leg. T. PAVLÍČEK, 16 April 2006 .

Remarks: All the specimens belong to the “ trapezoides ” morph of this highly variable parthenogenetic species.