Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)

Nxele, Thembeka C., Mwabvu, Tarombera & Yekwayo, Inam, 2021, Earthworm species occurrence in agroecosystems in the Midlands, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, African Invertebrates 62 (2), pp. 411-425 : 411

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.62.67875
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A87C1D0F-0D1A-4EBD-AAE4-01E8D7850053
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5F2F5BD5-CF4B-58F5-AB2F-0E4092B6D9FF
treatment provided by	African Invertebrates by Pensoft
scientific name	Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny, 1826)
status

Treatment

Type locality.

Paris, France

RSA distribution

(Old material). Stutterheim area and Kirstenbosch. New material: KZN: Lidgeton

Remarks.

This species has been collected in two areas in the EC and WC only. The EC record is from a private garden soil ( Plisko 2010), whilst the WC record is from a forest in Kirstenbosch. The new material is from a mixed species pasture and the species occurred in high numbers. There is a high possibility that the distribution of this species in agroecosystems is wider than what is known because not much sampling in cultivated fields has been done.