Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution Author Misirlioğlu, Mete 0000-0001-9928-8478 Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, TR- 26040 Eskisehir, Turkey. https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9928 - 8478 Author Reynolds, John Warren Oligochaetology Laboratory, 9 - 1250 Weber Street East, Kitchener, ON Canada N 2 A 4 E 1, and Research Associate, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB, Canada E 2 K 1 E 5. Author Stojanović, Mirjana University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia. Author Trakić, Tanja University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology, Radoja Domanovića 12, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia. Author Sekulić, Jovana University of Kragujevac, Institute for Information Technologies Kragujevac, Department of Sciences, Jovana Cvijića bb, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia. Author James, Samuel W. Maharishi International University, Department of Regenerative Agriculture, Fairfield, IA, 52557, USA. Author Csuzdi, Csaba Dept. of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary. Author Decaëns, Thibaud CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France. Author Lapied, Emmanuel Taxonomia Biodiversity Fund, 7 rue Beccaria, 72012, Paris, France. Author Phillips, Helen R. P. ameron@smu.ca Author Cameron, Erin K. ameron@smu.ca Author Brown, George G. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 417 438 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.33 journal article 54938 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.33 10394af0-0fbe-4a9f-9b78-887a8aa6dcea 1175-5326 7745110 8D7A551D-646D-49E2-A9AA-A14EACC67777

TABLE 1: Updated list of earthworm families in the world and the number of genera and unique species/subspecies in each, and the number of the most common cosmopolitan (peregrine or widespread) species. For further information, please see dataset available online (Brown et al. 2023).

Families	Genera	Species	Subspecies	Cosmopolitan species
Acanthodrilidae	68	746	48	3
Almidae	7	64	4	0
Arecoidae	1	1	0	0
Benhamiidae	20	351	6	6
Biwadrilidae	1	1	0	0
Criodrilidae	1	2	0	1
Diporodrilidae	1	3	2	0
Eudrilidae	45	305	21	2
Glossoscolecidae	6	156	9	1
Hormogastridae	9	37	3	0
Kazimierzidae	1	25	0	0
Komarekionidae	1	1	0	0
Kynotidae	1	22	0	0
Lumbricidae	47	615	74	33
Lutodrilidae	1	1	0	0
Megascolecidae	85	2,208	127	27
Microchaetidae	3	81	6	0
Moniligastridae	5	185	19	3
Ocnerodrilidae	37	172	4	9
Rhinodrilidae	38	376	7	1
Sparganophilidae	1	12	2	1
Tritogeniidae	2	39	0	0
Tumakidae	1	3	0	0
Totals: 23	382	5,406	332	87