Lumbricus Linneaus, 1758

Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta, 2010, Megadrile earthworm taxa introduced to South African soils (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae), African Invertebrates 51 (2), pp. 289-289 : 301

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.051.0204
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7913711
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scientific name	Lumbricus Linneaus, 1758
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Genus Lumbricus Linneaus, 1758 View in CoL View at ENA

Lumbricus castaneus ( Savigny, 1826: 180) View in CoL

Noted from various parts of the world. In RSA known (NMSAD) from only one site, at Benvie Farm garden, Karkloof (KZN), where it was found with the introduced lumbricids A. eiseni View in CoL , D. rubidus View in CoL , L. rubellus View in CoL and Octolasion lacteum View in CoL , and with the endemic microchaetid Tritogenia lunata Plisko, 1997 View in CoL .

Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843: 18 View in CoL

Type locality unknown. Distributed all over the world. In RSA reported from cultivated land in Cape Flats ( EC) and Karkloof Benvie Farm ( KZN); from natural biotopes in Ndema/Grotto, Wodwo Farm near Nottingham Road, and Sevenoaks ( KZN); and from Newlands Forest in the Cape Peninsula ( WC). Occurs usually in small populations. Found with A. eiseni and L. castaneus .