Lumbricus castaneus ( Savigny, 1826 )

Lehmitz, Ricarda, Römbke, Jörg, Jänsch, Stephan, Krück, Stefanie, Beylich, Anneke & Graefe, Ulfert, 2014, Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany, Zootaxa 3866 (2), pp. 221-245 : 233-234

Lumbricus castaneus ( Savigny, 1826)

Enterion castaneum Savigny, 1826: 180.

Enterion pupilum Savigny, 1826: 181.

Lumbricus purpureus: Michaelsen 1890: 5 .

Lumbricus castaneus: Michaelsen 1900a: 510 ; Michaelsen 1903: 178; Wilcke 1949: 180; Zuck 1951: 128; Graff 1953b: 26; Bouché 1972: 362 -367; Easton 1983: 482; Sims & Gerard 1999: 96; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003: 177; Blakemore 2008: 50.

Ecology. Epigeic species occurring in grassland and deciduous forests as well as on arable and coniferous forest sites ( Jänsch et al. 2013). The species appears to be especially attracted by sheep dung pads (A. Scheffczyk, pers. observation).

Zoogeographical distribution type. Peregrine species with Palaearctic origin, distributed worldwide ( Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003).

Distribution in Germany. Central Germany ( Michaelsen 1890; Eggert 1982; Westernacher-Dotzler 1988; Römbke 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Höser 2012; PSMS in Saxony-Anhalt: Neubert 2011); northern Germany ( Michaelsen 1890; Graff 1950, 1954; Judas 1990; Graefe 1993; Kula 1994; Irmler 1999; Unger 1999; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Groth & Irmler 2012; Vahder & Irmler 2012); southern Germany ( Zuck 1951; Volz 1976; Bauchhenß 1982; Babel et al. 1992; Kula 1994; Ehrmann 1996; Sommer et al. 1999, 2002; Beck et al. 1999, 2001; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Brauckmann 2002; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org)); eastern Germany ( Wilcke 1939; Füller 1953; Bösener 1965; Krück 1999; Römbke et al. 2000; PSMS in Brandenburg; www.edaphobase.org); between 2001 and 2013 found in Saxony (S. Krück, unpublished data); western Germany ( Baltzer 1956; Heuser & Topp 1989; Schulte et al. 1989; Keplin & Broll 1997; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Fründ et al. 2004; PSMS in North-Rhine Westphalia: Haag et al. 2009).