Marionina argentea (Michaelsen, 1889) sensu lato (T, F)

Enchytraeus argenteus Michaelsen, 1889 .

Marionina argentea Nielsen & Christensen, 1959; Dash 1970; Möller 1971; Chalupský 1986; Kasprzak 1986; Rota & Healy 1994; Rota 1995; Chen 2009; Schmelz & Collado 2010; Rota 2013; Martin et al. 2015; Schmelz & Alves 2017; Hong & Dózsa-Farkas 2018; Dózsa-Farkas 2019.

For further synonymies see Rota (2013).

Distribution and habitat. Very common and widespread in Europe (Schmelz & Collado 2010; Rota 2013; Martin et al. 2015); Canada (Dash 1970; Christensen & Dózsa-Farkas 2006); Brazil (Schmelz & Alves 2017); Korea (Dózsa-Farkas & Hong, 2010; Hong & Dózsa-Farkas, 2018); Russian Far East (Degtyatrev et al. 2020). Wet sites, also aquatic. In soils often in deeper strata with groundwater contact. Slightly salt-tolerant. Not at acidic sites.

Distribution in China. Hubei Province (Chen 2009); Jilin Province (Lian et al. 2011).

Remarks. Marionina argentea auct. has been split into five species: M. mendax Rota, 2013, M. deminuta Rota, 2013, M. mimula Rota, 2013, M sambugarae Schmelz, 2015 (in Martin et al. 2015), and Marionina argentea sensu stricto . It is unknown to which of these species the record in Chen (2009) belongs.