Species richness and zoogeographic affinities of earthworms in Cyprus |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel;2. Systematic Zoology Research Group of HAS and Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1431 Budapest, Pf. 137. Hungary;1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Shikoku Research Center, 2-915 Asakuranishi, Kochi, Kochi 780-8077, Japan;2. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687 Japan;1. Section for Microbiology, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 116, Building 1540, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark;2. Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 6B, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark;1. Institute of Geography, Technische Universität Dresden, Helmholtzstr. 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany;2. Institute of Geography, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany;3. Institute of Geology, Academy of Science of Armenia, Baghramyan ave. 24a, 0019 Yerevan, Armenia;1. Grupo de Pesquisas em Recursos Pesqueiros e Limnologia (Gerpel), Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Rua da Faculdade, 645, Jardim Santa Maria, 85903-000 Toledo, Paraná, Brazil;2. Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura (Nupélia), Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | A new survey taken in the East Mediterranean island of Cyprus showed an increase in the number of earthworm species (from the six recorded earlier to 16). These species belong to two earthworm families: Lumbricidae (15 species) and Acanthodrilidae (one species). The majority of these species are autochthonous (57–64%) and five to seven species (36–44%) were introduced. The autochthonous species are (i) endemic of the Levant (Dendrobaena semitica), (ii) distributed in Anatolia and the Caucasus (D. pentheri), (iii) distributed from Europe up to Anatolia (Allolobophora nematogena, D. pantaleonis, Proctodrilus tuberculatus) (iv) distributed from Europe up to the Levant (Murchieona minuscula), (v) distributed in the Transcaucasian region and in the East Mediterranean (Helodrilus patriarchalis), or (vi) widely distributed along the Mediterranean basin (D. byblica, Eiseniella neapolitana, and Octodrilus complanatus). The data obtained indicate that the Cypriote earthworm fauna is significantly richer in species than previously thought and that it has more zoogeographic affinities with the Anatolian fauna than with those of Levant. |
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