Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826)

Murray Co.: (3) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 1, soil monolith, 5 Oct 2017, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.; (2) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Burned Plot 2, soil monolith, 12 Apr 2018, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Burned Plot 1, soil monolith, 5 Oct 2017, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 1, soil monolith, 12 Apr 2018, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 5, soil monolith, 26 Jun 2018, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.

Previously recorded: Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Fulton, Gilmer, Greene, Monroe, Rabun, Towns, White, Whitfield. This European earthworm is distributed in temperate regions including a wide distribution in eastern North America (Sims & Gerard 1999).