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Earthworm fauna of Cyprus
Twenty-three earthworm species, representing the families Lumbricidae amd Acanthodrilidae, were reported from Cyprus so far. Out of them one (Perelia makrisi Szederjesi et al., 2016) is an endemic species for the island. The earthworm fauna is composed of 15 (65%) autochthonous species and 8 (35%) peregrine ones (Table 3).
Since the majority of earthworms migrated to the island from the Levant, it is possible to regard the fauna of Cyprus as a Levantine one.
Table 3. A summary table of the earthworms of Cyprus (Families Lumbricidae and Acanthodrilidae). (Abbreviations: A-species regarded as autochthonous ones, P-species regarded as peregrine ones).
| Species | Recorded in | Expected origin |
| Family Lumbricidae | ||
| Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), including the form trapezoides | Michalis, 1993; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | P |
| Aporrectodea jassyensis (Michaelsen, 1891) | Michalis, 1993; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2012 | A |
| Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) | Michalis, 1993; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006, 2012 | P |
| Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | A |
| Dendrobaena pantaleonis (Chinaglia, 1913) | Michalis, 1993 | A |
| Dendrobaena pentheri (Rosa, 1905) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Dendrobaena semitica (Rosa, 1893) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006, 2012 | A |
| Dendrobaena succinta (Rosa, 1905) | Szederjesi et al., 2019 | A |
| Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) | Michalis, 1993; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006, 2012; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Dendrodrilus rubidus subrubicundus (Eisen, 1874) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2012; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | P |
| Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2012 | P |
| Eiseniella neapolitana (Örley, 1885) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Eiseniella tetraedra tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | P |
| Helodrilus patriarchalis (Rosa, 1893) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | A |
| Murcheiona minuscula (Rosa, 1905) | Michalis, 1993; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | A |
| Octodrilus complanatus (Antoine Dugès, 1828) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | A |
| Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | P |
| Perelia makrisi Szederjesi et al., 2016 | Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Perelia nematogena (Rosa, 1903) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006 | A |
| Perelia phoeba (Cognetti, 1913) | Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Proctodrilus tuberculatus (Černosvitov, 1935) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2006; Szederjesi et al., 2016 | A |
| Family Acanthodrilidae | ||
| Microscolex dubius (Fletcher, 1887) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2012 | P |
| Microscolex phosphoreus (Antoine Dugès, 1837) | Michalis, 1993 | P |
| Total: 23 species | 15 A + 8P | |
References
Michalis, K. A. (1993). Contribution to the study of the Oligochaete fauna of Cyprus. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 36, 23–28.
Pavlíček, T., and Csuzdi, Cs., 2006. Species richness and zoogeographic affinities of earthworms in Cyprus. European Journal of Soil Biology, 42, S111–S116. Abstract
Pavlíček, T., & Csuzdi, Cs. (2012). Chapter 23 : Clitellata : Oligochaeta. In The Wildlife of Cyprus (D.J. Sparrow and E. John, eds.) pp 587–599, Terra Cypria. Abstract
Szederjesi, T., Pavlíček, T., and Csuzdi, Cs., 2016. Description of the first endemic earthworm species from Cyprus (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 62(2), 158–163. Abstract
Szederjesi, T., Pavlíček, T., Márton, O., Krízsik, V., and Csuzdi, Cs., 2019. Integrative taxonomic revision of Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) sensu lato with description of a new species and resurrection of Dendrobaena succinta (Rosa, 1905) (Megadrili: Lumbricidae). Journal of Natural History, 53(5–6), 301–314. Abstract
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