Dendrobaena

Szederjesi, T., Pop, V. V. & Csuzdi, C., 2014, New And Little Known Earthworm Species From Peripheral Areas Of The Romanian Carpathians (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 60 (2), pp. 85-107 : 95

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5736316
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE3A05-FF96-CC6F-FDCF-85B9A4546BFB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Dendrobaena
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Dendrobaena View in CoL byblica byblica ( Rosa, 1893)

Allolobophora View in CoL byblica Rosa, 1893: 4.

Dendrobaena View in CoL byblica: Mršić 1991: 566, Pop 1949: 483, Pop et al. 2012: 63.

MaterialeXamined. HNHM/15542 About HNHM 1 eX., VlădeasaMts , beforethealpinehut, 1300 m, N46°47.248’ E22°48.568’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, M. Csuzdi, 29.06.2005 GoogleMaps . HNHM/15578 About HNHM 1 eX., Padis Mts , StaţiuneaBoga, BazarulSomeşului, 1300 m, leg. D. Murányi, 17.07.2006 . HNHM/16064 About HNHM 2 eX., ŢarcuMts , openbrookontheWslopeofMt. Ţarcu, 1700 m, leg. Á. Ecsedi , T. Kovács, G. Puskás, 14.10.2011 . HNHM/16231 About HNHM 3 eX., Oltenia , afterBaiadeArama, nearPonoarele, beechhornbeammiXedforest, 131 m, N44°59.465’ E22°47.103’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán GoogleMaps , V. V. Pop , 31.10.2007 . HNHM/16235 About HNHM 1 eX., Banat , Godeanu, beechforest, 896 m, N45°01.313’ E22°37.996’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán GoogleMaps , V. V. Pop , 29.10.2007 . HNHM/16490 About HNHM 1 eX., Vlădeasa , Răchiţelewaterfall, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, 01.08.2003 . HNHM/16553 About HNHM , 1 About HNHM eX ., HNHM/16557 About HNHM 2 eX., BăileHerculane , leg. Cs. Csuzdi, 28.04.2004 . HNHM/16742 About HNHM 1 eX., PoianaHorea , Mt. Ursoi, mossypineforest, 1298 m, N46°32.516’, E22°53.351’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán GoogleMaps , V. V. Pop , Zs. Ujvári, 24.10.2009 . HNHM/16807 About HNHM 4 eX., Oltenia , PoianaMărului, beechforest, 890 m, N45°23.362’ E22°34.475’, leg. Cs. Csuzdi, J. Kontschán GoogleMaps , V. V. Pop , 02.11.2007 .

Remarks. D. byblica isahighlyvariablespecieseveninsideRomania. Themostwidespreadformisdeeplypigmentedred- violetwithclitellumon 25–30, howeverseveralspecimens (HNHM/16490,16742) possessashorter clitellumon 25–29 whichrepresentsatransitorystagetoward D. ganglbaueri (Rosa, 1894) characterizedbyaclitellumon (23)24–29. InOlteniawefound twodistinctpopulations. ThetypicalRomaniandeeplypigmentedformanda largeformwithcomparablesizeof F. platyuraplatyura ( Fitzinger, 1833). These specimens (HNHM/16231, 16235, 16553, 16557) are not easy to distinguish; theonlyeXternaldifferencefrom F. pl. platyura isthepositionofthemalepore (thegenericdifferencebetween Fitzingeria and Dendrobaena ) whichisalways on 15 inthesespecimens. Interestingly, both byblica formsinRomaniapos- sesslargecalciferousdiverticulain 11 whichisacharacteristicsof F. platyura andnotknowninthetypical byblica populationdistributedintheLevantand Anatolia. ToclearthetaXonomicstatusofthesedeeplypigmented D. byblica populationsfurthermolecularstudiesneedtobecarriedout.