Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, 1884

Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger & Kutuzović, Branimir Hackenberger, 2013, Checklist of the earthworm fauna of Croatia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 3710 (1), pp. 1-30 : 16

Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, 1884

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1884 Lumbricus meliboeus Rosa, Lumbric. Piemonte, Torino, 21.

1972 Lumbricus moliboeus Bouché, Nat. Inst. Rech. Agron. , 373.

1991 Lumbricus meliboeus Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. (Hist. Nat.) , 31: 471. 2012 Lumbricus meliboeus Csuzdi, Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 43: 97–99.

Ecological category. Between anecic and epigeic.

Habitat. Exclusively mountainous species, hygrophilous soils with moderately high organic matter content.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Alpine-Dinaric.

Distribution in Croatia. Alpine region. Rucner & Rucner (1971): Crni Vrh, Snježnik, Crni Lug. One record in the Continental region, Rucner & Rucner (1971): Cesargradska gora.

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of earthworm species in Croatia, continued.