Octolasion cyaneum ( Savigny, 1826 )

Mcgee, Joseph M., Carrera-Martínez, Roberto, Callaham Jr, Mac A. & Snyder, Bruce A., 2024, New records of earthworms (Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Georgia, USA, including eight new state records, Zootaxa 5437 (4), pp. 510-522 : 513-514

Octolasion cyaneum ( Savigny, 1826)

Clarke Co.: (1) UGA Campus, Planted bed along E. Greene St., 21 Mar 2006, Coll: BA Snyder.

Murray Co.: (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 5, litter, hand coll., 5 Oct 2017, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.

Previously recorded: DeKalb, Gwinnett, Oconee, Rabun, Thomas, Towns, Upson. This European species has a global distribution, although records are patchy in the US and Canada ( Sims & Gerard 1999).

Remarks. The Murray Co. records of Octolasion cyaneum were from a study on the effects of large wildfires. Interestingly, O. cyaneum was only found in the unburned plots.