Earthworms of Malta (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Hormogastridae, Lumbricidae) Author Rota, Emilia Author Schembri, Patrick J. Author Omodeo, Pietro text Zootaxa 2017 4311 2 287 291 journal article 32329 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.2.11 88c111bb-7e96-4a7e-b6ee-0f08f179807c 1175-5326 847464 BDF3EBF8-378E-47A4-94DF-B024AB868DA8 Dendrodrilus subrubicundus (Eisen, 1874) St. 12, 2 ad., 1 juv. New record. Litter-dwelling species, common in the Holarctic. Together with congener D. rubidus (Savigny, 1826) in its amphimictic and parthenogenetic forms, it is frequent in cave habitats. The vast majority of the lumbricid worms identified by Pop (1968) in Racovitza & Jeannel's Biospeologica Collection belonged to Dendrodrilus , with frequency in samples triple than for Eiseniella tetraedra . Novak et al. (2015) found D. rubidus tenuis in percolating water drips in a cave in northern Slovenia , drifted there from an unknown subterranean habitat above the passage where the samples were collected.