Aporrectodea icterica (Savigny, 1826)

Enterion ictericum Savigny, 1826: 182.

Helodrilus (Helodrilus) ictericus Michaelsen, 1900: 500 .

Allolobophora icterica: Graff 1953a: 26; Bouché 1972: 273; Höser 1990: 122. Aporrectodea icterica: Easton 1983: 477; Sims & Gerard 1999: 58; Blakemore 2008: 21.

Ecology. Endogeic species that occurs in floodplains (Graff 1953a), parks, botanical gardens (Höser 1990) and recultivated mine sites (Fründ et al. 2004).

Zoogeographical distribution type. Western European distribution: Portugal, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Northern Italy, Switzerland. Introduced into United States and Canada (Sims & Gerard 1999).

Distribution in Germany. Central Germany (Höser 1990); southern Germany (Babel 1992; Ehrmann 1996; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org); eastern Germany (Muskolus 2008; Bermejo Dominguez 2012); found also 2008 and 2009 in Saxony and 2014 in Berlin (S. Krück, unpublished data); western Germany (Graff 1953a; Schulte et al. 1989; Fründ et al. 2004).