Scherotheca portonana Qiu & Bouché, 1998

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Scherotheca portonana Qiu & Bouché, 1998

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Scherotheca (Corsicadrilus) portonana Qiu & Bouché, 1998: 127 .

DISTRIBUTION. — Corsican endemic.

HABITATS. — Mediterranean chaparrals, riparian grasslands, cork-oak open woods, Alpine grasslands; from 300 to above 1400 m of altitude.

GENETIC LINEAGES. — We found four distinct species-levels lineages corresponding to the morphological description of S. portonana :

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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.