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 Aporrectodea handlirschi ( Rosa, 1897 ) Allolobophora handlirschi Rosa, 1897 : 3 . Allolobophora rhenani Bretscher, 1899 : 417 . Allolobophora handlirschi rhenani : Wilcke 1949 : 176 ; Graff 1953b : 27 . Allolobophora handlirschi : Graff 1958 : 288 . Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) rhenani : Michaelsen 1900a : 489 . Helodrilus (Dendrobaena) handlirschi : Michaelsen 1900a : 490 . Dendrobaena handlirschi : Zuck 1951 : 127 . Aporrectodea handlirschi : Easton 1983 : 477 ; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 : 84 ; Blakemore 2008 : 21 . Ecology. Epigeic, forest inhabiting species. Zoogeographical distribution type . Native to southern Eurasia, distributed between western Caucasus, northern Turkey , Italy and Poland ( Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 ). Trans-Aegean distribution (Hackenberger Kutuzović & Hackenberger Kutuzović 2013 ). Distribution in Germany . Central Germany ( Pieper 1969 ; Eggert 1982 ); southern Germany ( Michaelsen 1900a ; Kollmannsperger 1936 and Pop 1947 in Graff 1958 ; Graff 1958 ; Skambracks 1996 ; Schöpke 1998 ; Sommer et al. 2002 ; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org).