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 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 ).