Earthworms from Mato Grosso, Brazil, and new records of species from the state

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Marie Luise Carolina Bartz²  Amarildo Pasini²  George Gardner Brown¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Londrina Departamento de Agronomia Londrina PR ,Brazil

关键词: biodiversity;    tropical forest;    Oligochaeta;    biodiversidade;    floresta tropical;    Oligochaeta;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2009000800020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this work was to undertake a qualitative assessment of earthworm diversity in areas under human influence, in a region of Cerrado-Pantanal-Amazon rainforest transition, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The earthworms were collected in the municipalities of Barra do Bugres and Arenápolis, and were studied together with species previously identified from other municipalities. Seventeen municipalities, at 29 sampling points of Mato Grosso State, have been sampled. Seven species of earthworms were collected and identified in Barra do Bugres: Goiascolex vanzolinii, Pontoscolex (Pontoscolex) corethrurus, Opisthodrillus borellii borellii, Opisthodrillus sp., Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) gracilis, Dichogaster sp. and a species of the Criodrilidae family. Four species of earthworms were identified in Arenápolis: Pontoscolex (Pontoscolex) corethrurus, Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) gracilis, Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) affinis and Dichogaster sp. In total, 32 earthworm species/subspecies are known from Mato Grosso, 22 native and 10 exotic.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
 All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License