Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)

Verdcourt, B.: New and little known species of terrestrial Mollusca from East Africa and Congo (Kinshasa)

Earthworms of Hungary (Annelida: Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) by Cs. Csuzdi & A. Zicsi This is the first volume of a new series Pedozoologica Hungarica launched by the Hungarian Natural History Museum and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences aiming to present the scientific results of the Hungarian soil zoology school founded by Endre Dudich in the early years of the 1950s. During these more than fifty years of research a great amount of data have accumulated on the different groups of the pedofauna waiting for monographic elaboration. It is especially true for earthworms where continuous research has been carried out from the end of the 19

th century till now. In this book the authors summarize and critically survey the Hungarian earthworm records and give an account on the systematics and taxonomy of the family Lumbricidae complemented with a key to the inland genera and species. All the 57 species recorded so far in the country are provided with diagnosis, detailed synonymy list and complete Hungarian distributional data figured in UTM grid maps. Except the peregrine species the European distributions are also given. The book closes with a short Zoogeographie summary of the lumbricid earthworms and a chorological analysis of the species occurring in Hungary. ISSN 1785-1025 ISBN 963 7093 81 8 271 pages, hardback, with 107 b/w photos 39 line drawings and 100 distribution maps. Price: EUR 50, excluding package and postage Orders should be sent to: The Library, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary Fax: (36-1) 3171669