01763naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000190006024501000007926000090017950001360018852010380032465000160136265000180137865300150139665300180141170000230142970000150145277300900146716605832018-06-18       2009    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aSCHMELZ, R. M.  aBenefits from ecological study methods to taxonomy of enchytraeids in southern Mata Atlântica.  c2009  aTítulo em português: Benefícios de métodos de estudos ecológicos para a taxonomia de enquitreídeos no sul da Mata Atlântica.  aAbstract - The objective of this work was to determine how taxonomy benefited from the ecological quantitative and site-based sampling methods in enchytraeids studies. Enchytraeids (small relatives of earthworms) were sampled in different phases of rain forest regeneration in the southern Mata Atlântica in Paraná, Brazil. The research combined ecological and taxonomic work, because enchytraeids are poorly studied and difficult to identify, and many new species were expected. The provision of large numbers of specimens enabled the test of species diagnoses by investigating the ranges of character variations in a larger series of specimens. Simplified species diagnoses adapted to the local conditions that allowed the identification of all specimens, juveniles included, were developed. Key characters and character states are presented for the three genera: Achaeta, Hemienchytraeus and Guaranidrilus. Among several new species, a rare species, possibly a remnant of the autochthonous forest fauna, was found and described.  aOligochaeta  aSouth America  aClitellata  aEnchytraridae1 aLA PEÑA, R. M. de1 aROMBKE, J.  tPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Brasília, DFgv. 44, n. 8, p. 861-867, ago. 2009.