A new genus Globulidrilus and three new enchytraeid species (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) from Seoraksan National Park (Korea)

Abstract

From the Seoraksan National Park, Korea, a new enchytraeid genus, Globulidrilus gen. nov., is defined and three new species, Globulidrilus helgei sp. nov., Fridericia seoraksani sp. nov. and Mesenchytraeus longiductus sp. nov., are described. Globulidrilus also includes Marionina riparia Bretscher, 1899 augm. Černosvitov 1928, a globally distributed species with a complicated taxonomic history. Pending a revision of Marionina riparia sensu latu (auct.), we retain the species name riparia for a variant of common occurrence in Europe.

Keywords:

• East-Asian soil fauna
• new genus Globulidrilus
• three new species
• Clitellata

Acknowledgements

We thank Helge R. Christensen for bringing the soil sample to Copenhagen and Dr Rüdiger Schmelz for carefully reading the manuscript and making extremely valuable suggestions. This research was partly financed by the Hungarian National Scientific Research Foundation (OTKA K77999).