Eisenia lucens (Waga, 1857)

Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger & Kutuzović, Branimir Hackenberger, 2013, Checklist of the earthworm fauna of Croatia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 3710 (1), pp. 1-30 : 13

Eisenia lucens (Waga, 1857)

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1857 Lumbricus lucens Waga, Bibl. Warsz. , 2: 161.

1972 Eisenia submontana Bouché, Inst. Nat. Rech. Agron. , 383. 1991 Eisenia lucens: Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. (Hist. Nat.) , 31: 500. 2003 Eisenia lucens: Csuzdi & Zicsi, Pedozool. Hung. , 1: 146.

Ecological category. Epigeic.

Habitat. Under bark of decaying logs and under fallen leaves in higher elevations.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Central European (montane).

Distribution in Croatia. Only in western part of Croatia in all three regions. Szüts (1919): Jasenak, Perušić, Sljeme; Rucner & Rucner (1971): Bijeli Vrh, Cesargradska gora, Crikvenica, Plitvička jezera; Šapkarev (1972, 1979): Janjičarski vrh, Galovac, Korenička Kapela, Kozjak (Plitvice); Karaman (1972): Crni Lug; Zicsi (1968): Plitvička jezera; Mršić (1987a): Mokrice, Sljeme Štirovača (Velebit).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of earthworm species in Croatia, continued.