title: New earthworm records from Turkey, with description of three new species (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae).
abstract: Identifying the earthworm material recently collected in different parts of Turkey (Marmara Region, Upper Mesopotamia, Hatay Province and East Anatolia) resulted in records of 29 earthworm species including three lumbricids new to science: Dendrobaena cevdeti, D. szalokii and Eisenia patriciae spp. nov. In addition, Dendrobaena cognettii is reported for the first time from the country. With this contribution, the number of earthworm species and subspecies registered in Turkey is raised to 80.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary; Email: t.szederjesi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Tímea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szederjesi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel.; Email: pavlicek@research.haifa.ac.il.
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pavlíček
authors.affiliation: Dicle Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Diyarbakır, Turkey.; Email: yukselc@dicle.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly College, Eger, Hungary; Email: csuzdi.csaba@ektf.hu.
authors.forename: Csaba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Csuzdi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D014421:Turkey