Microscolex dubius Bouche 1972

Microscolex dubius (Fletcher, 1887) Eudrilus dubius Fletcher, 1887: 378. Microscolex dubius – Michaelsen 1899: 97; 1900: 140; 1913: 495, 1933: 429. — Pickford 1937: 429. — Ljungstöm 1972: 5. — Reynolds & Cook 1976: 96. — Zicsi 1998: 70. — Plisko 2010: 291. DISTRIBUTION. — Cosmopolitan species, unknown origin. HABITATS. — Low altitude Mediterranean grasslands and chaparrals. MATERIAL COLLECTED. — France • 4 adult specimens, 1 juvenile specimen; Corse du Sud, Cavu, Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio; 41°42’21”N, 9°21’54”E; 38 m a.s.l.; 5.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols (BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0256) • Haute-Corse, Poggio-d’Oletta, Saint-Florent; 42°40’19”N, 9°20’42”E; 223 m a.s.l.; 1.IV.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; Eco & Sols (BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0420) • Haute-Corse, Santo-Pietro-diTenda, Casta; 42°39’57”N, 9°12’46”E; 251 m a.s.l.; 30.III.2021; T. Decaëns, D. Fernández Marchán leg.; MNHN (BOLD Sample ID: DFM-0284, DFM-0285, DFM-0320).
Published as part of Marchán, Daniel Fernández, Gérard, Sylvain, Hedde, Mickaël, Rougerie, Rodolphe & Decaëns, Thibaud, 2022, An updated checklist and a DNA barcode library for the earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Oligochaeta) of Corsica, France, pp. 439-461 in Zoosystema 44 (17) on page 445, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2022v44a17, http://zenodo.org/record/7145097
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