Aporrectodea caliginosa ( Savigny, 1826 )

Mcgee, Joseph M., Carrera-Martínez, Roberto, Callaham Jr, Mac A. & Snyder, Bruce A., 2024, New records of earthworms (Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Georgia, USA, including eight new state records, Zootaxa 5437 (4), pp. 510-522 : 512

Aporrectodea caliginosa ( Savigny, 1826)

Murray Co.: (3) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 1, soil monolith, 5 Oct 2017, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al. ; (2) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Burned Plot 2, soil monolith, 12 Apr 2018, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al. ; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Burned Plot 1, soil monolith, 5 Oct 2017, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al. ; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 1, soil monolith, 12 Apr 2018, Coll: BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al. ; (1) Chattahoochee NF, 34° 51’ 59” N, 84° 38’ 38” W, Rough Ridge fire, Unburned Plot 5, soil monolith, 26 Jun 2018, Coll : BA Snyder, MA Callaham, et al.

Previously recorded: Chattooga , Cherokee , Clarke , Fulton , Gilmer , Greene , Monroe , Rabun , Towns , White, Whitfield. This European earthworm is distributed in temperate regions including a wide distribution in eastern North America ( Sims & Gerard 1999).