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Earthworm fauna of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
This updated list (Table 6) consists of 21 earthworm species. Out of all recorded species, 9 (43%) species are regarded as peregrine and 12 (57%) species are autochthonous ones.
Table 4. Earthworm fauna of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (Abbreviations: A-species regarded as autochthonous ones, P-species regarded as peregrine ones).
| Species | Recorded in | Expected origin |
| Family Lumbricidae | ||
| Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | P |
| Aporrectodea jassyensis (Michaelsen, 1891) | Rosa, 1893 | A |
| Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny, 1826) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | P |
| Bimastos parvus (Eisen, 1874) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005 | P |
| Dendrobaena alexandrii Szederjesi et al., 2013 | Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Dendrobaena byblica (Rosa, 1893) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Dendrobaena negevis Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 1999 | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Dendrobaena orientalis karak Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005 | Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005 | A |
| Dendrobaena semitica (Rosa, 1893) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Dendrobaena succinta (Rosa, 1905) | Szederjesi et al., 2019 | A |
| Dendrobaena transjordanica Szederjesiet al., 2019 | Szederjesi et al., 2019 | A |
| Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) | Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005 | P |
| Eiseniella neapolitana Örley, 1885 | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Eiseniella tetraedra tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | P |
| Healyella syriaca (Rosa, 1893) | Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Helodrilus patriarchalis (Rosa, 1893) | Rosa, 1893; Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Octrodrilus transpadanus (Rosa, 1884) | Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Szederjesi et al., 2013 | A |
| Family Acanthodrilidae | ||
| Microscolex dubius (Fletcher, 1887) | Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005; Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005 | P |
| Family Ocnerodrilidae | ||
| Ocnerodrilus occidentalis Eisen, 1878 | Csuzdi and Pavlíček, 2005 | P |
| Family Megascolecidae | ||
| Metaphyre californica (Kinberg, 1867) | Pavlíček and Csuzdi, 2005 | P |
| Total: 21 species | 0P + 13 A | |
References
Csuzdi, Cs. and Pavlíček, T., 2005. The earthworms (Oligochaeta) of Jordan. Zool. Middle East 34: 71–78. Abstract
Pavlíček, T. and Csuzdi, Cs., 2005. Earthworm fauna of Jordan — A review. In: Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Proceedings of the 2nd International Oligochaeta Taxonomy Meeting dedicated to Victor Pop. 4–8 September 2005, pp. 183–188.
Rosa, D., 1893. Viaggi del Dr. E. Festa in Palestina nel Libano e regioni vicine. Boll. del Mus. Reg. di Sci. Nat. Torino 8 (160): 1–14.
Szederjesi, T., Pavlíček, T. and Csuzdi, Cs., 2013. New earthworm species from Jordan (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hungaricae 59: 391–400. Abstract
Szederjesi, T., Pavlíček, T., Márton, O., Krízsik, V. and Csuzdi, Cs. 2019. Integrative taxonomic revision of Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) sensu lato with description of a new species and resurrection of Dendrobaena succinta (Rosa, 1905) (Megadrili: Lumbricidae). J. Nat. Hist. 53: 301–314. Abstract
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