Checklist of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Germany Author Lehmitz, Ricarda Author Römbke, Jörg Author Jänsch, Stephan Author Krück, Stefanie Author Beylich, Anneke Author Graefe, Ulfert text Zootaxa 2014 3866 2 221 245 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3866.2.3 694de993-b8fb-4ec6-be05-268349510d67 1175-5326 229518 D702EFB4-B025-4CCD-9B20-A213FC94A877 Dendrodrilus rubidus ( Savigny, 1826 ) Enterion rubidium Savigny, 1826 : 182. Lumbricus puter Hoffmeister, 1845 : 33 . Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) rubidus : Michaelsen 1900a : 490 . Helodrilus (Bimastus) constrictus : Michaelsen 1900a : 503 . Helodrilus norvegicus : Michaelsen 1900a : 504 . Dendrobaena rubida : Wilcke 1949 : 178 ; Zuck 1951 : 127 ; Graff 1953b : 26 ; Bouché 1972 : 410 -411. Dendrobaena tenuis : Wilcke 1949 : 178 . Dendrobaena subrubicunda : Wilcke 1949 : 179 ; Bouché 1972 : 414 . Dendrodrilus rubidus : Omodeo 1956 : 175 ; Easton 1983 : 479 –480; Sims & Gerard 1999 : 76 ; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 : 132 –136; Blakemore 2008 : 35 . Ecology. Epigeic species occurring mostly in the organic layer of forest sites ( Zuck 1951 ; Bösener 1965 ; Jänsch et al. 2013 ) and in compost-heaps; acido-tolerant ( Satchell 1955 ; Sims & Gerard 1999 ). Zoogeographical distribution type . Peregrine species that is native to the Palaearctic but has been introduced all over the world ( Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 ). Distribution in Germany . Central Germany ( Pieper 1969 ; Eggert 1982 ; Höser 2012 ; Römbke 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; PSMS in Saxony-Anhalt: Neubert 2011 ); northern Germany ( Graff 1950 , 1954 ; Judas 1990 ; Graefe 1993 ; Irmler 1999 ; Unger 1999 ; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Beylich & Graefe 2002 ; Vahder & Irmler 2012 ); southern Germany ( Zuck 1951 ; Volz 1976 ; Schruft 1982 ; Funke & Frank 1991 ; Ammer 1992 ; Schöpke 1998 ; Sommer et al. 1999 ; Beck et al. 1999 , 2001 ; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Brauckmann 2002 ; Sommer et al. 2002 ; Ammer & Huber 2007 ; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org); eastern Germany ( Wilcke 1939 ; Füller 1953 ; Bösener 1965 ; Dunger et al. 1972 ; Nöllner & Weigmann 1982 ; Römbke et al. 2000; La France 2002 ); between 2006 and 2013 in Berlin and Brandenburg (S. Krück, unpublished data); PSMS in Brandenburg: www.edaphobase.org); western Germany ( Baltzer 1956 ; Heuser & Topp 1989 ; Schulte et al. 1989 ; PSMS in North- Rhine Westphalia: Haag et al. 2009 ).