Microscolex phosphoreus ( Dugès, 1837 )

Misirlioğlu, İbrahim Mete & Stojanović, Mirjana, 2018, Distribution of non-lumbricid earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Criodrilidae, Megascolecidae and Ocnerodrilidae) on the Balkans and Anatolia with first record of Amynthas morrisi (Beddard, 1892) from Turkey, Zootaxa 4496 (1), pp. 197-205 : 199

Microscolex phosphoreus ( Dugès, 1837)

Lumbricus phosphoreus Dugès, 1837: 17 .

Microscolex phosphoreus: Michalis 1975: 202, 1976: 154 , 1993: 18; SZederjesi 2015: 149.

Habitat. Cave and gardens (Šapkarev 1986).

Distribution on the Balkans and Anatolia. Greece (Efkapia, Kilkis: Michalis 1993; South Aegean: Mt. Zas, Filoti: Szederjesi, 2015); Serbia (Peečenjevci, Leskovac: Šapkarev, 1986); Turkey (İstanbul: Omodeo 1952; Hatay: Csuzdi et al. 2007; Diyarbakır: Pavlíček et al. 2010).

World distribution. M. phosphoreus is a synanthropic species and possibly native to South America, south of the Tropic of Capricorn, but it has been spread to North and Central America, Africa, Asia, Australasia and Europe ( Blakemore 2002, Omodeo 1952, Sims & Gerard 1999). It has been found in Poland, and in central Hungary it was able to survive outdoor winter temperatures of -20°C ( Csuzdi 1986).