@article{Rota_Bartoli_Laini_2014, title={First time in Italy. Is the elusive aquatic megadrile Sparganophilus Benham, 1892 (Annelida, Clitellata) accelerating its dispersal in Europe?}, volume={73}, url={https://www.jlimnol.it/jlimnol/article/view/jlimnol.2014.939}, DOI={10.4081/jlimnol.2014.939}, abstractNote={<p>During field studies in River Mincio, northern Italy, populations of the aquatic megadrile <em>Sparganophilus</em> <em>tamesis</em> Benham, 1892 were discovered, the worms being particularly abundant among the roots of <em>Vallisneria spiralis</em> L. This finding represents the first record of Sparganophilidae in Italy. A morphological account, with photographs of worms and cocoons, as well as field and laboratory remarks on density, behaviour and habitat, are provided. The view of <em>S. tamesis</em> being senior synonym to <em>S. eiseni</em> Smith, 1895 is favoured, as is the hypothesis of the arrival and spreading of <em>Sparganophilus</em> in Europe amongst the roots of water plants. </p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Limnology}, author={Rota, Emilia and Bartoli, Marco and Laini, Alex}, year={2014}, month={May} }