New records of earthworms (Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Georgia, USA, including eight new state records Author Mcgee, Joseph M. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, USA 31061 Author Carrera-Martínez, Roberto Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, USA 53706 Author Callaham Jr, Mac A. Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA, USA 30602 Author Snyder, Bruce A. 0000-0003-4116-4362 text Zootaxa 2024 2024-04-16 5437 4 510 522 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.4 journal article 294190 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.4 ca063509-e04f-4e24-9b04-b63487754d70 1175-5326 10985425 FFFFC84E-1A56-4290-A521-E7F62AB40CF4 Metaphire hilgendorfi ( Michaelsen, 1892 ) : New state record Clarke Co.: (4) near Sandy Creek Nature Center , in privet removal plots, 33.9853°N , 83.3795°W , Fall 2010, Coll : Joshua W. Lobe . Previously recorded: N/A. This Asian species is widely distributed in the eastern US ( Chang et al. 2016 ). Remarks . Metaphire hilgendorfi was first mentioned by Lobe et al . (2014) without locality data, but we include this in our counts of new state and county records. Unfortunately, these specimens were not deposited in a museum and have likely been lost.