Dendrobaena pantaleonis (CHINAGLIA, 1913)

Szederjesi, T., 2012, New Earthworm Species And Records From Albania (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (3), pp. 259-274 : 268

Dendrobaena pantaleonis pantaleonis ( CHINAGLIA, 1913)

Helodrilus (Bimastus) pantaleonis CHINAGLIA, 1913: 5 .

Dendrobaena pantaleonis balagnensis BOUCHÉ, 1972: 400 .

Dendrobaena pantaleonis balagnensis: ZICSI & MICHALIS 1981: 261 .

Dendrobaena pantaleonis pantaleonis: OMODEO & ROTA 1989: 184 .

Material examined. HNHM/15989 3 ex. , Albania, Delvinë district , Gjerë Mts , Muzinë , Syri i Kaltër, karst springs W of the village, N39°55.286’ E20°11.330’, 155 m, 13.10.2004., leg. Z. FEHÉR , J. KONTSCHÁN, D. MURÁNYI.

Remarks. D. pantaleonis has been described from Italy ( CHINAGLIA 1913) and later was reported from Corsica ( BOUCHÉ 1972, as D. p. balagnensis), Greece ( ZICSI & MICHALIS 1981, as D. p. balagnensis) and Turkey ( OMODEO and ROTA 1989). OMODEO and ROTA (1989) revised the type material of CHINAGLIA (1913) and examined a series of specimens from the type locality and concluded that D. pantaleonis is a parthenogenetic polyploid showing high morphological variability of the genital system. Therefore the subspecies described by BOUCHÉ (1972) as D. p. balagnensis and differed from the nominal subspecies by the lack of spermathecae, should be regarded as a synonym of D. p. pantaleonis . This is the first record of this species from Albania.