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A new earthworm species of the genus Rhinodrilus (Rhinodrilidae, Clitellata) and new records of earthworms species from the Amazon-Cerrado-Caatinga transition in the State of Maranhão, Brazil

Post graduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University (UEMA), Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, Jardim São Cristovão, 65055-310 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Maranhão Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology (IFMA), Rodovia MA 349, km 2, S/N, Gleba Buriti do Paraíso, Povoado Lamego, Zona Rural, 65606- 000, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
Post graduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University (UEMA), Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, Jardim São Cristovão, 65055-310 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Maranhão Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology (IFMA), Rodovia MA 349, km 2, S/N, Gleba Buriti do Paraíso, Povoado Lamego, Zona Rural, 65606- 000, Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
Post graduate Program in Agroecology, Maranhão State University (UEMA), Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000, Jardim São Cristovão, 65055-310 São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
Annelida Ecotone exotic species invertebrates Oligochaeta

Abstract

We describe a new species of the genus Rhinodrilus from the transition between the Amazon, Cerrado and Caatinga biomes in the State of Maranhão, Brazil. The region is currently being converted to large-scale agriculture, which may cause severe losses in the local fauna and flora diversity yet very poorly studied. Rhinodrilus antonioi sp. nov. has irregular setae in the posterior region of the body, spermathecae without diverticula, tubercula pubertatis in the form of band extended in the line BC in XXI–XXV and clitellum from XIV–XXVII. Five new records are reported for the region, Dichogaster bolaui, Liodrilus mendesi, Pontoscolex (Pontoscolex) corethrurus, Urobenus brasiliensis and Urobenus petrerei.

 

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