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

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 Inspection Cameras 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 Louvre Motor Holarctic, 7 cosmopolitan, and 1 Palearctic.

The degree of endemism of the earthworm fauna of Montenegro is quite high, exceeding 22.2%.

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