Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886)

Allolobophora veneta Rosa, 1886: 674 .

Eisenia veneta: Michaelsen 1900a: 477; Michaelsen 1902: 39; Michaelsen 1903: 178; Michaelsen 1909: 35; Sims & Gerard 1999: 88.

Helodrilus venetus picta Michaelsen, 1910: 30 .

Eisenia austriaca Michaelsen, 1936: 35 .

Dendrobaena austriaca Wilcke, 1949: 179 .

Dendrobaena veneta veneta: Graff 1953b: 27; Easton 1983: 479; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003: 127; Blakemore 2008: 35.

Ecology. Epigeic, synanthropic species known only from compost heaps and market gardens (Graff 1954; Pieper 1969). Suitable for vermicomposting (Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003).

Zoogeographical distribution type. Peregrine species that has been extensively introduced all over Europe (Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003). Also recorded in California (Sims & Gerard 1999).

Distribution in Germany. Central Germany (Pieper 1969); northern Germany (Graff 1954); southern Germany (Brauckmann 2002); eastern Germany (Wilcke 1939); between 2007 and 2013 in Berlin (S. Krück, unpublished data).