Aporrectodea handlirschi (Rosa, 1897)

Allolobophora handlirschi Rosa, 1897: 3 .

Allolobophora rhenani Bretscher, 1899: 417 .

Allolobophora handlirschi rhenani: Wilcke 1949: 176; Graff 1953b: 27. Allolobophora handlirschi: Graff 1958: 288 .

Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) rhenani: Michaelsen 1900a: 489 . Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) handlirschi: Michaelsen 1900a: 490 . Dendrobaena handlirschi: Zuck 1951: 127 .

Aporrectodea handlirschi: Easton 1983: 477; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003: 84; Blakemore 2008: 21.

Ecology. Epigeic, forest inhabiting species.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Native to southern Eurasia, distributed between western Caucasus, northern Turkey, Italy and Poland (Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003). Trans-Aegean distribution (Hackenberger Kutuzović & Hackenberger Kutuzović 2013).

Distribution in Germany. Central Germany (Pieper 1969; Eggert 1982); southern Germany (Michaelsen 1900a; Kollmannsperger 1936 and Pop 1947 in Graff 1958; Graff 1958; Skambracks 1996; Schöpke 1998; Sommer et al. 2002; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org).