Lumbricus festivus (Savigny, 1826)

Enterion festivum Savigny, 1826: 180.

Lumbricus festivus: Michaelsen 1900a: 512; Wilcke 1949: 180; Graff 1953b: 26; Bouché 1972: 361; Easton 1983: 482; Sims & Gerard 1999: 100; Blakemore 2008: 50.

Ecology. Epigeic species with records from arable land, grassland and forest. In Britain mainly in decomposing vegetation and manure (Sims & Gerard 1999).

Zoogeographical distribution type. Western European distribution. Occurs also in Canada (Sims & Gerard 1999).

Distribution in Germany. Northern Germany (Graff 1954; Groth & Irmler 2012; PSMS in Schleswig- Holstein: www.edaphobase.org); central and western Germany (www.edaphobase.org).