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Issue: Vol. 5437 No. 4: 16 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.4
Page range: 510-522
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New records of earthworms (Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Georgia, USA, including eight new state records

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences; Georgia College & State University; Milledgeville; GA; USA 31061
Department of Integrative Biology; University of Wisconsin – Madison; Madison; WI; USA 53706
Southern Research Station; USDA Forest Service; Athens; GA; USA 30602
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences; Georgia College & State University; Milledgeville; GA; USA 31061
pheretimoid non-native species biodiversity Megascolecidae Acanthodrilidae Lumbricidae Ocnerodrilidae Annelida

Abstract

We present here new county records for 13 counties within Georgia, USA from the collections of the Georgia Museum of Natural History and the authors. These include four families, eight genera, and 23 species. Of these, eight species are new state records: Amynthas carnosus (Goto & Hatai, 1899); Aporrectodea longa (Ude, 1885); Bimastos parvus (Eisen, 1874); Diplocardia deborahae Damoff & Reynolds, 2017; Diplocardia gatesi Murchie, 1965; Diplocardia michaelseni Eisen, 1899; Metaphire hilgendorfi (Michaelsen, 1892); and Murchieona minuscula (Rosa, 1906). These findings are presented alongside an updated checklist for Middle Georgia building on data compiled by Reynolds (2015) to create a practical record for the region.

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