Latif Robabeh, Rejali Farhad, Aminjan Atabak Roohi, Esmaeilizad Ashraf
Farzanegan Campus, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran. .
Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO ), Karaj, Iran. .
Zootaxa. 2021 Oct 15;5052(3):433-440. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.8.
Earthworms are the most important soil invertebrates worldwide, in terms of biomass and effects on soil processes. In this study, 21 earthworm species, including four new records were identified from Caspian Hyrcanian Forests (North of Iran). Four species; Criodrilus lacuum, Lumbricus rubellus, Metaphire californica, and Octodrilus transpadanus and the family Criodrilidae are reported for the first time. Previous studies have identified 31 earthworm species belonging to 14 genera and three families (Lumbricidae, Acanthodrilidae, and Megascolecidae) in Iran; therefore, these new records increase the number of earthworm species to a total of 35.
就生物量和对土壤过程的影响而言，蚯蚓是全球最重要的土壤无脊椎动物。在本研究中，从里海赫尔卡尼亚森林（伊朗北部）鉴定出21种蚯蚓，其中包括4个新记录种。首次报道了4种蚯蚓，即真空蚓、红正蚓、加州远盲蚓和跨帕达诺八毛蚓以及颤蚓科。此前的研究已在伊朗鉴定出属于14个属和3个科（正蚓科、棘蚓科和巨蚓科）的31种蚯蚓；因此，这些新记录使蚯蚓种类总数增加到35种。
