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<mods:title>Earthworm species occurrence in agroecosystems in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa</mods:title>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="411">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="411">Oahu, Hawaii.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="411">(Old material). KZN</emphasis>
: Cathedral Peak, Winterton, Bergville, Mkhomazi State Forest, Howick area, Doreen Clark Nature Reserve, Impendle Nature Reserve, Mbumbazi Nature Reserve, Nkandla area, Cedara, Karkloof area, Pietermaritzburg area, Mtunzini, Rainbow Gorge Forest, Umfolozi, Hluhluwe area, Ngome Forest, Port Shepston, Ixopo, Kokstad, Hlabeni Forest, Baynesfield, Eshowe, Hilton, Greytown, Nottingham Road, Sevenoaks, Underberg, Royal Natal National Park, Boston area, Vryheid area, Monks Cowl, Kamberg and Vernon Crookes. 
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: Tsitsikamma, Port Elizabeth, Umtata, Maclear, King Williams Town, Port St Johns, Lusikisiki, Mbotyi, Langeni area and Storms River. 
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: Swellendam, Kirstenbosch. 
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: Ohrigstad, Soutpansberg, Magoebaskloof and New Agatha. 
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: Nelspruit, Middelburg, Mariskop Forest, Loskop Dam. 
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: Pretoria area and Krugersdorp. 
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: Roodeport and Rustenberg. 
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: Parys, Ficksburg and Bloemfontein.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="411">New material.</paragraph>
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: Karkloof and Loskop.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="411">Remarks.</paragraph>
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The species has been reported from almost all over South Africa; it is apparent that this species occupies a wide range of biotopes. It is common in the upper layers of soil, mostly in rotting litter in plantations (
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) and decomposed sugar-cane reeds (
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1972
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). In the present study, 
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was collected from maize fields only.
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