Published April 16, 2024 | Version v1
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Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister 1843

  • 1. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, USA 31061
  • 2. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706
  • 3. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA, USA 30602

Description

Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843

Lumpkin Co.: (1) Cane Crk, 250 m downstream from Oak Grove Road, 34.46943611°N, 83.97528056°W, Soil, MA Callaham, H Ikeda, 6 May 2011.

Sumter Co.: (2) Jimmy Carter NHS, Boyhood Farm, ~ 32° 1’ 37” N, 84° 25’ 55” W, 24 Mar 2017, Hand coll., Coll: BA Snyder.

Previously recorded: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Fannin, Floyd, Franklin, Gordon, Haralson, Hart, Henry, Rabun, Walker, White. This European species is globally distributed (Gates 1972; Sims & Gerard 1999).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 510-522 in Zootaxa 5437 (4) on page 513, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10985425

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2011-05-06
Verbatim event date
2011-05-06
Scientific name authorship
Hoffmeister
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Lumbricus
Species
rubellus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lumbricus rubellus Hoffmeister, 1843 sec. Mcgee, Carrera-Martínez, Jr & Snyder, 2024

References

  • Hoffmeister, W. (1843) Beitrag zur Kenntnis Deutscher Landanneliden. Wiegmann's Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Bd I, 183 - 198.
  • Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese earthworms. An introduction to the systematics and biology of Megadrile Oligochaetes with special reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 62, 1 - 326.
  • Sims, R. W. & Gerard, B. M. (1999) Earthworms. Synopses of the British Fauna, New Series, No 31, i - viii + 1 - 169.