Dendrobaena alpina alpina (Rosa, 1884)

Stojanović, Mirjana & Milutinović, Tanja, 2013, Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Montenegro: Diversity and biogeographical review, Zootaxa 3710 (2), pp. 147-164 : 151

Dendrobaena alpina alpina (Rosa, 1884)

Allolobophora alpina Rosa, 1884: 28 .

Dendrobaena alpina: Šapkarev 1975: 27 . Mršić 1983: 55.

Dendrobaena (Dendrobaena) alpina alpina: Šapkarev 1978: 294 .

Dendrobaena alpina alpina: Mršić 1990: 73 . Mršić 1991: 627. Karaman & Stojanović 1995: 139. Dendrobaena alpina: Stojanović & Karaman 2003: 58. Blakemore 2008: 27 (for complete synonymy).

Ecology. Epigeic species found in beech forests (Szederjesi 2013).

Distribution in Montenegro. Northern Montenegro: Pitome, Poljanak, near around Crno jezero (Mršić 1983), Surdup, Kanjon Sušice (Mršić 1990), Žabljak (Karaman & Stojanović 1995); eastern Montenegro: Prokletije- Čakor (Šapkarev 1975; Mršić 1991), Planina Vuča (Mršić 1991).

Zoogeographical distribution type. Balkanic-Alpine distribution type spread in the Balkans, Alps and Carpathian arcs (Rota 2005; Csuzdi et al. 2011; Pop et al. 2007).

Remarks. On the Balkans, apart from D. alpina alpina , there is one more subspecies, D. alpina popi Šapkarev 1971 , described from Macedonia, Šar Mts. (Šapkarev 1971), and recently recorded also from Albania, Cermenike Mts. (Szederjesi & Csuzdi 2012). D. alpina mavrovensis Šapkarev, 1971 is a synonym of D. clujensis Pop, 1938 (Csuzdi 2012, online database).