Dendrobaena byblica byblica ( Rosa, 1893 )

Szederjesi, Tímea & Csuzdi, Csaba, 2012, New and little known earthworm species from Greece (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae), Zootaxa 3304, pp. 25-42 : 31-32

Dendrobaena byblica byblica ( Rosa, 1893)

Allolobophora byblica Rosa, 1893: 4 –5.

Dendrobaena byblica: Zicsi & Michalis 1981: 259 . Michalis 1982: 356. Michalis et al. 1989: 5. Eiseniella oltenica Pop, 1938 : Zicsi & Michalis 1981: 243.

Dendrobaena byblica byblica: Blakemore 2008: 548 (for complete symonymy).

Material examined. HNHM /15670 fifteen adult ex., No. 5, Pieria County, Mt. Olympus, Enipeas River near Litochoro, 276m, leg. T. Pavlíček, 0 8.0 8.2008. HNHM /15747 one adult ex., No. 18, Preveza County, Thesprotiko Mts., Vrisoula, stream and its plane tree gallery, and roadside puddle S of the village, 220m, N39°14.904’ E20°41.735’, leg. J. Kontschán, D. Murányi, T. Szederjesi, Zs. Ujvári, 0 5.0 5.2011. HNHM /15818 one adult ex., No. 56, Drama County, Dit-Rodopi Mts., stream in beech forest N of Kalikarpos, 869m, N41°27.959’ E24°14.389’, leg. L. Dányi, Z. Eröss, Z. Fehér, J. Kontschán, D. Murányi, 0 1.0 4.2007. HNHM /15832 two adult ex., No. 45, Lakonia County, Skala, shore vegetation of Evrotas River in the city, 10m, N36°51.279’ E22°40.521’, leg. L. Dányi, J. Kontschán, D. Murányi, 0 3.0 4.2009.

Remarks. D. byblica is a species complex described under more than 20 names by various authors and is in most urgent need of revision ( Csuzdi & Pavlícek 1999; Blakemore 2008). In the present samples all specimens with smaller size, slight red pigmentation and genital papillae on 11 a,b,c were identified as D. byblica byblica .