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Issue: Vol. 5589 No. 1: 19 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.18
Page range: 235-241
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 4

Clarification of the controversy around the problematic species “Eophila gestroi” (Cognetti, 1905) in the Balkan

University of Kragujevac; Faculty of Science; Institute of Biology and Ecology; Radoja Domanovića 12; 34000 Kragujevac; Serbia
University of Kragujevac; Faculty of Science; Institute of Biology and Ecology; Radoja Domanovića 12; 34000 Kragujevac; Serbia
University of Kragujevac; Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac; Department of Science; Jovana Cvijića bb; 34000 Kragujevac; Serbia
Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal (GEA); Universidade de Vigo; E-36310 Vigo; Spain
Grupo de Ecoloxía Animal (GEA); Universidade de Vigo; E-36310 Vigo; Spain; Biodiversity; Ecology and Evolution Department; Faculty of Biology; Universidad Complutense de Madrid; Madrid; Spain
Annelida Cernosvitovia strumicae Eophila gestroi taxonomy Vardar endemic

Abstract

The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Southern Alpine species Eophila gestroi (Cognetti, 1905) can be confusing. The main reason for this is the morphological similarity of this species with the Vardar endemic species Cernosvitovia strumicae (Šapkarev, 1973). The confirmation of the identification of our findings based on morphological characters, previous molecular phylogenetic analyses, and biogeographical analysis revealed the misidentification of C. strumicae in earlier studies. Identifying this species is essential in clarifying earthworms’ confusing taxonomic and phylogenetic position on the Balkan Peninsula.

 

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