Published February 19, 2025 | Version v1
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Lumbricus festivus Savigny 1826

  • 1. Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal

Description

Lumbricus festivus Savigny, 1826

Enterion festivum Savigny, 1826: 180.

Lumbricus festivus Michaelsen 1900: 512; Wilcke 1949: 180.

Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Chandragiri, and Tokha Municipalities (Singh 2022).

Distribution elsewhere: Britain, Canada Germany (Graff 1954; Sims & Gerard 1999)

Habitat: Abandoned land, arable land, crop land, forest, grassland, gravel, and sandy lawn (Sims & Gerard 1999; Singh 2022).

Ecology: Epigeic (Sims & Gerard 1999).

Notes

Published as part of Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, pp. 91-111 in Zootaxa 5589 (1) on page 98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/14897397

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Savigny
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Annelida
Order
Crassiclitellata
Family
Lumbricidae
Genus
Lumbricus
Species
festivus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Lumbricus festivus Savigny, 1826 sec. Singh & Khanal, 2025

References

  • Savigny, J. C. (1826) Analyse d'un Memoire sur les Lombrics par Cuvier. Memoires de l'Academie des sciences de l'Institut de France, 5, 176-184.
  • Michaelsen, W. (1900) Das Tierreich 10. Lief. Vermes, Oligochaeta. Friedlander & Sohn, Berlin, 575 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11605
  • Wilcke, D. E. (1949) Bestimmungstabelle fur einheimische Lumbriciden. Senckenbergiana, 30, 171-181.
  • Singh, A. K. (2022) Earthworm diversity and distribution in Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Central Nepal. International Journal of Applied Science and Biotechnology, 10 (2), 124-133. https://doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v10i2.45105
  • Graff, O. (1954) Die Regenwurmfauna im ostlichen Niedersachsen und in Schleswig-Holstein. Beitrage zur Naturkunde Niedersachsens, 7 (2), 48-56.