Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)

Nxele, Thembeka C., Mwabvu, Tarombera & Yekwayo, Inam, 2021, Earthworm species occurrence in agroecosystems in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, African Invertebrates 62 (2), pp. 411-425 : 411

Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)

Type locality.

Paris, France

RSA distribution

(Old material). Stutterheim area and Kirstenbosch. New material: KZN: Lidgeton

Remarks.

This species has been collected in two areas in the EC and WC only. The EC record is from a private garden soil ( Plisko 2010), whilst the WC record is from a forest in Kirstenbosch. The new material is from a mixed species pasture and the species occurred in high numbers. There is a high possibility that the distribution of this species in agroecosystems is wider than what is known because not much sampling in cultivated fields has been done.