Diporodrilus omodeoi, Bouche, 1970

Marchán, Daniel Fernández, Gérard, Sylvain, Hedde, Mickaël, Rougerie, Rodolphe & Decaëns, Thibaud, 2022, An updated checklist and a DNA barcode library for the earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) of Corsica, France, Zoosystema 44 (17), pp. 439-461 : 450

Diporodrilus omodeoi L2

MATERIAL COLLECTED. — France • 27 adult specimens, 3 juvenile specimens; Corse du Sud, Olivese (D26 road); 41°50’45”N, 9°4’55”E; 1051 m a.s.l.; 6.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; MNHN ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0507, DFM-0508, DFM-0509, DFM-0510, DFM-0511) • Corse du Sud, Sorbollano – Quenza, Campu di Bonza ; 41°46’12”N, 9°7’26”E; 896 m a.s.l.; 3.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; MNHN ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0454, DFM-0455, DFM-0456, DFM-0457, DFM-0458, DFM-0459, DFM-0460, DFM-0461, DFM-0462, DFM-0463) • Corse du Sud, Zonza ; 41°44’34”N, 9°11’42”E; 785 m a.s.l.; 4.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols ( BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0195, DFM-0196, DFM-0197, DFM-0198, DFM-0199, DFM-0200, DFM-0201, DFM-0202, DFM-0203, DFM-0204, DFM-0205, DFM-0206, DFM-0240, DFM-0242, DFM-0247) .

REMARKS

The two species-level lineages found within D. omodeoi showed slight morphological differences in the position of the clitellum. Thus, at least one of them is susceptible of being considered as a new species, or even both if none matches the type material of the species. More detailed work and additional sampling for L1 will be necessary to confirm the status of both taxa and allow further taxonomic acts.