First record of the Woodland Blue Worm <em>Octolasion cyaneum</em> (Savigny, 1826) (Lumbricina, Lumbricidae) in the Colombian Andes

Check List 14(2): 419-423, doi: 10.15560/14.2.419

First record of the Woodland Blue Worm Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) (Lumbricina, Lumbricidae) in the Colombian Andes

Esteban Tulande-M.^‡, Patricia Pinzón-Garcia^‡, Alexander Feijoo-M.^§, José Ignacio Barrera-Cataño^‡

‡ Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia§ Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, Pereira, Colombia

Corresponding author: Esteban Tulande-M. ( etulande@javeriana.edu.co )

Academic editor: Fernando Jesús Carbayo Baz

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Citation: Tulande-M. E, Pinzón-Garcia P, Feijoo-M. A, Barrera-Cataño JI (2018) First record of the Woodland Blue Worm Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) (Lumbricina, Lumbricidae) in the Colombian Andes. Check List 14(2): 419-423. https://doi.org/10.15560/14.2.419

Abstract

In South America, the European epi-endogeic lumbricid Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826) is known from Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, and Ecuador. Here, we report this earthworm from Colombia for the first time. We found it in areas undergoing ecologic restoration in the Neusa Forest Reservoir, which is located in the department of Cundinamarca. Predominant vegetation in sampled areas is composed of Holcus lanatus, Hypochaeris radicata, and Anthoxanthum odorathum.

Keywords

Oligochaeta; invasive species; grassland; Neotropical montane forest; restoration ecology