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Abstract
In the framework of the international project called “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below‐Ground Biodiversity”, soil macrofauna collections were carried out in the Centre‐West Ivory Coast. Altogether, 13 earthworm species were recorded, of which four belonged to the family Eudrilidae and nine to the family Acanthodrilidae. From the species collected, two, Dichogaster (Dichogaster) eburnea sp. nov. and Dichogaster (Dichogaster) mamillata sp. nov., proved to be new to science. To accommodate the enigmatic eudrilid earthworm species Scolecillus compositus Omodeo, Citation1958, a new genus, Lavellea gen. nov., is proposed.
Acknowledgements
This study was funded by GEF‐UNEP, as part of the project N°GF/2715‐2 entitled “Conservation and Sustainable Management of Below‐Ground Biodiversity”. The authors would like to thank the Executive Agency TSBF Institute of CIAT for their coordination. They are also grateful to farmers from the village Goulikao and the National Forestry Agency (SODEFOR) for facilitating access to the field sites.