Scherotheca albomaculata Bouché, 1972

Marchán, Daniel Fernández, Gérard, Sylvain, Hedde, Mickaël, Rougerie, Rodolphe & Decaëns, Thibaud, 2022, An updated checklist and a DNA barcode library for the earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) of Corsica, France, Zoosystema 44 (17), pp. 439-461 : 454

Scherotheca albomaculata Bouché, 1972

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Scherotheca (Scherotheca) corsicana albomaculata Bouché, 1972: 296 .

Scherotheca (Corsicadrilus) albomaculata – Qiu & Bouché 1998: 128.

DISTRIBUTION. — Corsican endemic.

HABITATS. — Low altitude Mediterranean chaparrals and cork-oak open woods.

MATERIAL COLLECTED. — France • 6 adult specimens, 1 juvenile specimen; Corse du Sud, Bonifacio ; 41°28’11”N, 9°5’45”E; 70 m a.s.l.; 5.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols ( BOLD Sample ID:, DFM-0261, DFM-0262, DFM-0263), MNHN ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0264, DFM-0265) • Corse du Sud, Cavu, Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio ; 41°42’21”N, 9°21’54”E; 38 m a.s.l.; 5.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0258) • Corse du Sud, Porto Vecchio, Carataggio ; 41°34’30”N, 9°20’42”E; 7 m a.s.l.; 5.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; MNHN ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0505) .

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FIG. 4. — Some examples of endemic earthworm species sampled in Corsica and their habitats (to their right): A, Scherotheca portonana L4 Qiu & Bouché,1998; B, alpine pasture at Col de Vergio (Bouché#466); C, Scherotheca albomaculata Qiu & Bouché, 1998; D, open Mediterranean chaparral at Sainte-Lucie de Porto- Vecchio (Bouché#414); E, Eumenescolex emiliae L1 Qiu & Bouché, 1998; F, Pinus laricio L. forest at Zonza (Bouché#2932); G, Hormogaster insularis Bouché, 1970; H, Quercus suber L. open wood at Volpajola (Bouché#480). Scale bars: 5 cm.