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Second contribution to the knowledge of earthworms (Lumbricidae) in Montenegro

Stojanović Mirjana M. (Institut za biologiju i ekologiju, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Kragujevac, Srbija i Crna Gora)
Karaman Spasenija D. (Institut za biologiju i ekologiju, Prirodno-matematički fakultet, Kragujevac, Srbija i Crna Gora)

This paper contains the results of qualitative analysis of Lumbricidae (Oligochaeta) in Montenegro, during the period 1997-2003. The research has included natural and cultivated biotopes. The presence of 15 species was established and the habitats, localities and their zoogeographical position are given. In Montenegro we found four species for the first time Dendrobaena jastrebensis, D. vejdovskyi, Octodrilus bretcheri and Lumbricus terrestris. The complete list of earthworm species in Montenegro includes 45 taxa. With respects to the zoogeographic situation of the earthworms in Montenegro, the largest number belongs to endemic (10) and European (10) species. But 8 taxa are south-European, 9 Holarctic, 7 cosmopolitan, and 1 Palearctic. The degree of endemism of the earthworm fauna of Montenegro is quite high, exceeding 22.2%.