Abstract
Fifteen species .earthworms belonging to • ten genera viz. Allolo horn Bimastus, Dicho-' gaster, Dra,wida, Eutyphoeus, Latnpito, Ocnero-drilus, Ociochaetoides, Pheretima and Ramiella and four Oenilies viz. Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligaiitikloe and Ocnerodilidae have been report-ed from Faisalabad Division. 4•
_ • INTRODUCTION
Earthworms are the soil dwelling creatures which make up a large part of the total biomass' of invertebrates of the soil. A number of biologists namely Bassalik (1913), Niihawan and Kanwar (1954, Guild (1955) and Edwards and Lofty (1972) have confirmed the importance of earthworms in soil fertility. It is, therefore, not surprising that the earthworms activities result in increasing the yield of crops as has been demonstrated by Kahsnitz (1922), and Dreidax (1931). Previously, earthworms of Lahore city (Pakistan) have been still:lied by• Prashad (1916), . Stephenson 09231 and Bhatti (1962) who reported 6 species, 5 species and 14 species, respectively. The present investigation dealt with the systematics of earthworms in F4isalabad Division.
