Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881), Orley, 1881

Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger & Kutuzović, Branimir Hackenberger, 2013, Checklist of the earthworm fauna of Croatia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 3710 (1), pp. 1-30 : 23

Octolasion lacteum (Örley, 1881)

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1881 Lumbricus terrestris var. lacteus + L.terrestris var. rubidus Örley, Math. és Term. Közlemények, 16: 584. 1972 Octolasium lacteum lacteum + O. lacteum gracile: Bouché, Inst. Nat. Rech. Agron. , 253, 257. 1991 Octolasion tyrtaeum: Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. , (Hist. Nat.), 31: 347.

2003 Octolasion lacteum: Csuzdi & Zicsi, Pedozool. Hung. , 1: 197.

Ecological category. Endogeic.

Habitat. No special preferences towards soil type.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Peregrine.

Distribution in Croatia. One of the most common earthworm species, found all over Croatia in all three regions. Szüts (1919): Lokve, Mrkopalj, Pag, Rečica, Valpovo; Zicsi (1968): Zagreb; Šapkarev (1972, 1979): Zagreb, Batina, Bigina poljana, Beli Manastir, Galovac, Kopačevo, Korenička Kapela, Novska, Osijek, Petlovac, Vinkovci, Zagreb, Zaprešić; Mršić (1984, 1987a, 1988): Bili Brig, Čačinci, Jankovac (Papuk), Karsko (Učka), Smiljan; Jelić (1985): Sakadaško jezero, Podunavlje; Hackenberger: Vojlovica (Papuk), Sokoline (Papuk), Darda, Lapovac, Našice, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Čakovec, Donji Miholjac, Turkovići, Kneja, Potok Musulinski, Jasenak, Mikleuš, Bijele stijene, Kapela.

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