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1. EARTHWORMS IN AGRICULTURAL LANDS<br />
In Latvia has been found 8 earthworm genera with 13 species and one subspecies<br />
(Ventiņš et al., 2009):<br />
Allolobophora Eisen 1974 (sensu Perel, 1976)<br />
A.chlorotica chlorotica (Savigny, 1826)<br />
Aporrectodea Orley (sensu Perel, 1976)<br />
A.caliginosa caliginosa (Savigny, 1826)<br />
A.longa longa (Ude, 1885)<br />
A.rosea rosea (Savigny, 1826)<br />
A.limicola (Michaelsen, 1890)<br />
Dendrobaena Eisen, 1874<br />
D.octaedra Eisen, 1974<br />
Dendrodrillus Omodeo, 1956 (sensu Perel, 1976)<br />
D.rubidus subrubicundus (Eisen, 1874)<br />
D.rubidus tenuis (Eisen, 1874)<br />
Eisenia Malm, 1877 (sensu Perel, 1974)<br />
E.foetida (Savigny, 1826)<br />
Eiseniella Michaelsen, 1900<br />
E.tetraedra tetraedra (Savigny, 1826)<br />
Lumbricus Linnaeus, 1758<br />
L.terrestris Linnaeus, 1978<br />
L.castaneus (Savigny, 1826)<br />
L.rubellus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843<br />
Octolasion Orley, 1885<br />
O.lacteum (Orley, 1885)<br />
The first regular researches of earthworm fauna in Latvia were initiated by V.<br />
Eglitis (Эглитис, 1954) in 1946. In agricultural lands were found 10 earthworm<br />
species, the most routinely found was Aporrectodea caliginosa. This species have<br />
been found as far as 50 cm deep in the soils with acidicity pH 3.6- 7.8. It is one of the<br />
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