Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen, 1891)

Nxele, Thembeka C., Mwabvu, Tarombera & Yekwayo, Inam, 2021, Earthworm species occurrence in agroecosystems in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, African Invertebrates 62 (2), pp. 411-425 : 411

Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen, 1891)

Type locality.

Bergedorf, Germany

RSA distribution

(Old material). LP: Entabeni State Forest and Soutpansberg; MP: Witbank; KZN: Mapelane Nature Reserve, Karkloof Nature Reserve, Skyline Nature Reserve, Bluff Nature Reserve, Ngome Forest, Mvutshini River Valley, Merrivale area, Pietermaritzburg and surroundings, Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve, Cedara Agriculture College, Baynesfield and Eshowe in agricultural fields; GP: Coal mines. New material: KZN: Dalton, Loskop and Bergville.

Remarks.

In the current study, this species was found in sugar-cane, maize and soya fields. It was the common species in the sugar-cane fields although not in high numbers. In soya, it was found with megascolecids and lumbricids.