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Phylogenomic analyses of Crassiclitellata support major Northern and Southern Hemisphere clades and a Pangaean origin for earthworms

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
Background Earthworms (Crassiclitellata) are a diverse group of annelids of substantial ecological and economic importance. Earthworms are primarily terrestrial infaunal animals, and as such are probably rather poor natural dispersers.
Frank E. Anderson, Bronwyn W. Williams, Kevin M. Horn, Christer Erséus, Kenneth M. Halanych, Scott R. Santos, Samuel W. James   +6 more
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New Record of a Naidid Oligochaete Species, Ripistes parasita (Annelida: Clitellata: Naididae) from Korea [PDF]

Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2012
An aquatic oligochaete species, Ripistes parasita (Schmidt, 1847) collected from Ganghwado Island in Korea, is described and illustrated. Specimens inhabiting on aquatic vegetation at the edge of the streams were collected with a plankton hand net ...
Jongwoo Jung
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Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution.

Zootaxa, 2023
In the current paper we present an updated checklist of all the megadrile earthworms (Crassiclitellata: Annelida) in the world, and notes on the distribution of families worldwide. Biogeographic responses to geological phenomena including plate tectonics,
M. Misirlioğlu, J. W. Reynolds, M. Stojanović, Tanja B. Trakić, Jovana M. Sekulić, S. James, C. Csuzdi, T. Decaëns, E. Lapied, Helen R. P. Phillips, E. Cameron, G. Brown   +11 more
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Updated distribution of Placobdella ali Hughes & Siddall, 2007 (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae) in the United States of America [PDF]

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Placobdella ali Hughes & Siddall, 2007 is a species of North American leech that commonly parasitizes freshwater turtles. Previous distribution records have confirmed its presence across southern New England, New York, and New Jersey, USA.
Abigail H. Conklin, Bronwyn W. Williams, Ivana Mali, Ethan Boggs, Anna J. Phillips, William E. Moser   +5 more
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Research on the Bio-ecology, Morphology and Seasonal Variation of Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886)

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022
Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886) ( Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbricidae) is one of the most widely used compost worms which has; 50–70 mm body length,with striated red pigmentation and clitellum on segments 27–33.Thistaxon is now widely distributed all over ...
Aysel Kekillioglu, Ali Aslan Erdoğan
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Potential for the American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) to contribute to biological control in a vegetable agroecosystem

Agrosystems, Geosciences &Environment, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract The American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) is a native insectivorous amphibian common in agricultural fields in eastern North America. Past research on this and related species suggests potential for positive or negative effects on pest populations, depending on the prevalence of intraguild predation.
Margaret R. Douglas, Madeline DuBoyce, Valerie Kuppek, Abigail Marich, Mairi K. P. Poisson, Aleah Spiro, Scott Boback   +6 more
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Three New Earthworms of the Genus Amynthas (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Nam Ha NPA, Laos

Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity, 2014
Three new species of Amynthas (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) were discovered in the Nam Ha National Protected Area (NPA) of Laos. These are Amynthas namhaensis sp. nov., Amynthas vanhi sp. nov., and Amynthas angtanensis sp. nov. Amynthas namhaensis sp. nov.
Hong, Yong, James, Samuel W., Inkhavilay, Khamla   +2 more
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Indigenous peoples and local community reports of climate change impacts on biodiversity

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract Climate change impacts on biodiversity have been primarily studied through ecological research methods, largely ignoring other knowledge systems. Indigenous and local knowledge systems include rich observations of changes in biodiversity that can inform climate change adaptation planning and environmental stewardship.
Albert Cruz‐Gispert, David García‐del‐Amo, André B. Junqueira, Christoph Schunko, Santiago Álvarez‐Fernández, Victoria Reyes‐García   +5 more
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Phylogenomics and the evolution of larval feeding habits in the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
Phylogenomic data from anchored hybrid enrichment provide a new phylogeny of Calliphoridae that delimits the family and confirms division into eight monophyletic subfamilies. Fossil‐calibrated divergence times place the origin of Calliphoridae in the mid‐Eocene (ca. 41 Mya) along with other rapidly radiating families of oestroid Diptera. Reconstruction
Cristian F. Beza‐Beza, John Soghigian, Ezra Bailey, Nikolas P. Johnston, Brian K. Cassel, Keith M. Bayless, Jeffrey D. Wells, David K. Yeates, James F. Wallman, Liping Yan, Arianna Thomas‐Cabianca, Paul V. Hickner, Andrzej Grzywacz, Kelly A. Meiklejohn, Tatiana T. Torres, Maxwell J. Scott, Aram Mikaelyan, Dong Zhang, Pierfilippo Cerretti, Krzysztof Szpila, Thomas Pape, Brian M. Wiegmann   +21 more
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Multiple full‐length variants of the mitochondrial COI DNA barcode region are prevalent in north European sawflies

Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.
DNA barcoding is an effective species identification method, but it depends strongly on the assumption that each specimen is represented by a single barcode sequence. Using high‐throughput sequencing, we demonstrate that North European sawflies frequently harbour multiple full‐length, seemingly functional barcode variants within a single individual ...
Marko Prous, Santtu Urpilainen, Paul D. N. Hebert, Evgeny Zakharov, Niina Kiljunen, Marko Mutanen   +5 more
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