Urban green areas as earthworm species maintainers in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Author Dudas, Rafaela T. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Department of Soil and Agriculture Engineering, Rua dos Funcionários 1540, CEP 80035 - 050, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. Author Tavares, Alan A. T. 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Ercole, Caique 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author De Lara, Brunna L. 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Carlos, Esthefany Da S. 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Torres, Julia L. M. 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Smokanit, Manoela 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Guaranha, Raquel M. 0000-0003-2541-9994 Universidade Positivo, Biological Sciences Course, Cidade Industrial de Curitiba, 81290 - 000, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. alantavares 01 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2541 - 9994; alantavares01@gmail.com Author Brown, George G. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Department of Soil and Agriculture Engineering, Rua dos Funcionários 1540, CEP 80035 - 050, Curitiba-PR, Brazil. & Embrapa Forestry, Estrada da Ribeira, Km. 111 - 834111 - 000, Curitiba, Brazil. & Municipal Center for Culture and Development - Organic Farming: Agriculture and Organic Production Partnership, Centre for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, Zona Industrial - 6060 - 182, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. & Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 336 346 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.27 journal article 58611 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.27 bc137d37-7dac-4fe1-9bd2-fbf2fb4b3ef2 1175-5326 7744988 AFF4C576-4ADD-4A1B-A8EA-538A85167BB5

TABLE 1. Chemical characteristics in grass lawns and native vegetation areas at two sites in Curitiba, Paraná Brazil. Grass Lawn: GL; Native vegetation: NV; Universidade Positivo: UP, in 2018 (UP GL1 and 2 and UP NV1 and 2) and 2019 (UP GL3 and 4, UP NV3 and 4); Casa Verde: CV, in 2019 (CV GL1 and 2, CV NV1 and 2).

Location	Coordinates Latitude Longitude		Altitude (m)	pH CaCl2	Al3+	H+Al Ca2+ Mg2+ cmol dm-3 c			K+	P	C Na mg dm-3		Soil type
*Chemical analysis not determined.
UP GL1	-25.445700°	-49.361800°	949	5.6	ND*	5.5	3.9	2.1	0.02	3.0	43.9	ND	Technosol
UP NV1	-25445116°	-49.362804°	949	4.8	ND	13.5	2.3	1.6	0.01	3.2	33.6	ND	Cambisols, Ferralsols
UP GL2	-25.448194°	-49.356076°	949	5.1	ND	8.9	3.4	2.1	0.01	2.4	41.3	ND	Technosol
UP NV2	-25.448797°	-49.356077°	949	4.6	ND	17.4	3.3	2.2	0.02	3.7	34.8	ND	Cambisols, Ferralsols
UP GL3	-25.448590°	49.356999°	949	5.1	0.2	4.0	4.3	2.6	0.01	3.2	80.9	1.1	Technosol
UP NV3	-25.448679°	-49.356659°	949	3.7	2.1	12.2	1.6	0.3	0.02	44.4	43.7	0.7	Cambisols, Ferralsols
UP GL4	-25.446100°	-49.357364°	494	4.9	0.6	5.7	5.6	1.8	0.15	3.6	52.9	0.9	Technosol
UP NV4	-25.445686°	-49.356679°	949	4.3	1.4	9.1	3.6	0.9	0.01	3.2	35.5	0.7	Cambisols, Ferralsols
CV GL1	-25.45943°	-49.373547°	926	4.8	0.8	6.0	6.4	1.9	0.01	11.4	28.8	0.8	Technosol
CV NV1	-25.456502°	-49.372752°	926	3.9	1.8	11.9	1.1	0.3	0	3.1	64.0	0.9	Cambisols, Ferralsols
CV GL2	-25.456633°	-49.373330°	926	5.3	0.1	3.7	9.3	1.4	0.01	17.2	41.0	0.8	Technosol
CV NV2	-25.456945°	-49.372417°	926	3.8	2.4	12.1	1.0	0.2	0.01	3.1	48.1	1.3	Cambisols, Ferralsols