Dendrobaena alpina alpina (Rosa, 1884)

Kutuzović, Davorka Hackenberger & Kutuzović, Branimir Hackenberger, 2013, Checklist of the earthworm fauna of Croatia (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa 3710 (1), pp. 1-30 : 9

Dendrobaena alpina alpina (Rosa, 1884)

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1884 Allolobophora alpina Rosa, Lumbr. Piemonte, 28.

1991 Dendrobaena alpina alpina: Mršić, Acad. Sci. Art. Slov. (Hist. Nat.) , 31: 627. 2012 Dendrobaena alpina alpina: Csuzdi, Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 43: 97–99.

Ecological category. Epigeic.

Habitat. Subalpine or mountainous belt of fir tree or of mixed beech-fir forests.

Zoogeographical distribution type. Balkanic-Alpine.

Distribution in Croatia. This species is found in the mountains above 1000 m a.s.l. (Alpine region), but also in the Mediterranean region (in the foothills of those mountains). Karaman (1972): Rtina (Zadar); Mršić (1984, 1986): Islam Latinski, Risnjak, Rožanski kukovi.

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of earthworm species in Croatia.