%0 Journal Article
%T New records of earthworms (Oligochaeta) from Madagascar
%A Razafindrakoto
%A M.
%A Csuzdi
%A Cs.
%A Rakotofiringa
%A S.
%A Blanchart
%A E.
%J Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
%D 2010
%I E?tv?s Lor¨¢nd University
%X New records of earthworms from Madagascar are presented. This is the first taxonomic report on the earthwormfauna of Madagascar since the last paper of Michaelsen (1931). Altogether data on 14 peregrine earthworm species belonging tofive families are summarized. Together with the native taxa, 33 valid earthworm species have so far been recorded fromMadagascar of which 18 (55%) are endemic in the Island and 15 (45%) introduced.
%K Earthworms
%K Oligochaeta
%K Madagascar
%K introduced species
%U http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus41_2/6_Razafindrakoto.pdf