New lumbricid records (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) in Ontario, Canada while searching for the invasive Asian "jumping worms" (Megascolecidae)
Oligochaetology Laboratory, 9-1250 Weber Street East, Kitchener, ON Canada N2A 4E1, and Research Associate, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB Canada E2K 1E5.
Research Article
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 20(02), 016–020.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2024.20.2.0293
Publication history:
Received on 22 July 2024; revised on 03 August 2024; accepted on 06 August 2024
Abstract:
Recent collections have provided seven new county records of terrestrial earthworms in the province of Ontario, Canada. Allolobophora chlorotica in one county, Dendrobaena octaedra in one county, Dendrodrilus rubidus in one county, Eisenia fetida in one county, Lumbricus castaneus in one county, Octolasion cyaneun in one county and O. tyrtaeum in one county. These collections were made in an attempt to expand the range of invasive Asian "jumping worms" (Megascolecidae).
Keywords:
Oligochaeta; Lumbricidae; Earthworms; Ontario
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