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 Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758 Lumbricus terrestris Linnaeus, 1758: 647 . Lumbricus agricola Hoffmeister, 1842 : 24 . Lumbricus terrestris : Michaelsen 1900a : 511 ; Michaelsen 1903 : 178 ; Zuck 1951 : 127 ; Graff 1953b : 26 ; Easton 1983 : 482 ; Sims & Gerard 1999 : 106 ; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 : 188 ; Blakemore 2008 : 51 . Lumbricus herculeus : Michaelsen 1890 : 5 ; Wilcke 1949 : 180 ; Bouché 1972 : 352 . Ecology. Anecic species occurring mostly at arable and grassland sites with low soil organic matter content (≤ 4%) ( Jänsch et al. 2013 ). Zoogeographical distribution type . Peregrine species with Palaearctic origin and worldwide distribution ( Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003 ). Distribution in Germany . Central Germany ( Dunger 1978 ; Eggert 1982 ; Westernacher-Dotzler 1988 ; Römbke 2000, 2001, 2006; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Höser 2012 ; PSMS in Saxony-Anhalt: Neubert 2011 ); northern Germany ( Michaelsen 1890 ; Graff 1950 , 1954 ; Judas 1990 ; Graefe 1993 ; Kula 1994 ; Irmler 1999 ; Unger 1999 ; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Groth & Irmler 2012 ; Vahder & Irmler 2012 ); southern Germany ( Zuck 1951 ; Bauchhenß 1982 ; Schruft et al. 1982 ; Babel et al. 1992 ; Kula 1994 ; Ehrmann 1996 ; Sommer et al. 1999 , 2002 ; Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Beck et al. 2001 ; Brauckmann 2002 ; PSMS in Bavaria: www.edaphobase.org); eastern Germany ( Wilcke 1939 ; Füller 1953 ; Bösener 1965 ; Dunger et al. 1972 ; Krück 1999 ; Römbke et al. 2000; Krück et al. 2001 ; Muskolus 2008 ; PSMS in Brandenburg: www.edaphobase.org); between 2003 and 2013 in Saxony (S. Krück, unpublished data); western Germany ( Baltzer 1956 ; Schulte et al. 1989 ; Heimbach 1997 ; Keplin & Broll 1997 ; Emmerling 2001 , Römbke et al. 2000, 2002; Fründ et al. 2004 ; PSMS in North-Rhine Westphalia: Haag et al. 2009 ).