New records of earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata) from the Kopaonik Mountain, with the first finding of Allolobophora treskavicensis (Mršić, 1991) in Serbia
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2020
Authors
Popovic, Filip
Stojanovic, Mirjana
Sekulić, Jovana
Trakić, Tanja
Radosavljević, Slobodanka
Tsekova, Ralitsa
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The aim of the study is to present new data on earthworm diversity in the Kopaonik Mountain, which is
situated in the central part of southern Serbia and is a part of the Dinaric Range. A list of species including
both published data and newly-recorded species of the family Lumbricidae is presented. It comprises
26 species-group taxa of 10 genera. The genera represented by the largest numbers of species are Aporrectodea
(5) and Dendrobaena (5), while the genera Bimastos, Eophila, Eiseniella and Octolasion are
represented by one species. The published data about two species-group taxa have not been confirmed by
the recent studies. With respect to the zoogeographical analysis, the majority of the recorded taxa belong
to the group of peregrine species (11). The endemic species are represented by three taxa and belong to
the genus Allolobophora. The Balkan endemic Allolobophora treskavicensis (Mršić, 1991), known from
a single locality from the Republic of North Macedonia, is a new species for the fauna of Serbia; the recorded
new sites from the Kopaonik Mountain represent the northernmost limit of the geographical range
of this species.
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zoogeography, Allolobophora treskavicensis, Lumbricidae, Balkan Peninsula, fauna