First record of the Woodland Blue Worm Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) (Lumbricina, Lumbricidae) in the Colombian Andes

By

Tulande-M., Esteban
Pinzón-Garcia, Patricia
Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander
Barrera-Cataño, José Ignacio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-3-23

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

419--423

Subjects

grassland , invasive species , Neotropical montane forest , Oligochaeta , Restoration ecology

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.419

 

Abstract

In South America, the European epi-endogeic lumbricid Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) is known from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, and Ecuador. Here, we report this earthworm from Colombia for the first time. We found it in areas undergoing ecologic restoration in the Neusa Forest Reservoir, which is located in the department of Cundinamarca. Predominant vegetation in sampled areas is composed of Holcus lanatus, Hypochaeris radicata, and Anthoxanthum odorathum.