Dendrodrilus Omodeo, 1956

Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger & Kutuzović, Branimir Hackenberger, 2013, Checklist of the earthworm fauna of Croatia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 3710 (1), pp. 1-30 : 12

Genus Dendrodrilus Omodeo, 1956

Dendrodrilus rubidus rubidus (Savigny, 1826) ( Fig. 2 D)

1826 Enterion rubidum Savigny, Mem. Acad. Sci. Inst. Fr., 5: 182.

1972 Dendrobaena (Dendrodrilus) rubida rubida: Bouché, Inst. Nat. Rech. Agron. , 410. 1991 Dendrodrilus rubidus rubidus: Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. (Hist. Nat.) , 31: 263. 2003 Dendrodrilus rubidus rubidus: Csuzdi & Zicsi, Pedozool. Hung. , 1: 132.

Ecological category. Epigeic.

Habitat. Forests, in leaf litter, under fallen bark and rotten trunks.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Peregrine.

Distribution in Croatia. Distributed all over Croatia. Widespread in the Continental region and mostly spread in the western part of the Alpine and the Mediterranean regions. Szüts (1919): Jasenak, Barilović; Rucner & Rucner (1971): Bijeli Vrh, Kriva draga, Platak, Rozga, Snježnik, Topoluša; Šapkarev (1972, 1979): Rijeka, Beli Manastir; Mršić (1984, 1985, 1986, 1987a): Bijele Stijene, Jankovac (Papuk), Jelenc, Mokrice, Poljanak, Rogoljica (Psunj), Rožanski kukovi (Velebit), Sv. Jura (Biokovo); Hackenberger: Sokoline (Papuk), Koška, Križnica, Osijek, Mikleuš, Jasenak.

Dendrodrilus rubidus subrubicundus (Eisen, 1873) ( Fig. 2 D)

?1849 Lumbricus valvidiensis Blanchard, Hist. Chile, 3: 43.

1873 Allolobophora subrubicunda: Eisen, Öfv. Akad. Förh. , 30: 51.

1972 Dendrobaena (Dendrodrilus) subrubicunda: Bouché, Inst. Nat. Rech. Agron. , 414. 1991 Dendrodrilus rubidus subrubicundus: Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. (Hist. Nat.) , 31: 267. 2003 Dendrodrilus rubidus subrubicundus: Csuzdi & Zicsi, Pedozool. Hung. , 1: 136.

Ecological category. epigeic.

Habitat. In moist soils, on river and stream banks, in sewage sludge, and compost and dung heaps.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Peregrine.

Distribution in Croatia. Less common than Dendrodrilus rubidus rubidus , but also found in all three regions. Šapkarev (1979): Veli Lošinj; Mršić (1984, 1985): Silnji gojzd (Biokovo), Varaždin, Štirovača (Velebit), Sv. Jura (Biokovo); Hackenberger: Jankovac (Papuk).

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of earthworm species in Croatia.