Lumbriucs castaenus Savigny, 1826

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman, 2025, Annotated Checklist of the Earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Megadrili) of Nepal, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 91-111 : 97-98

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:06A3910A-51ED-431F-A26E-24597DE4294F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14926071

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/161F8792-002C-FFAA-FF36-F9E69649A89F

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Plazi

scientific name

Lumbriucs castaenus Savigny, 1826
status

 

Lumbriucs castaenus Savigny, 1826

Enterion castaneum Savigny, 1826: 180 View in CoL .

Enterion pupilum Savigny, 1826: 181 .

Lumbricus purpureus Michaelsen, 1890: 5 .

Lumbricus castaneus Michaelsen, 1900: 510 View in CoL .

Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Chandragiri Municipality ( Singh 2022). Distribution elsewhere: Germany ( Michaelsen 1890; Eggert 1982). Habitat: Crop field, conifer and deciduous forest, kitchen garbage, residential lawn (McCay and Skull 2019;

Singh 2022).

Ecology: Epigeic (McCay & Skull 2019).

Remarks: Its status in Nepal should be explored whether species is peregrine or native in occurrence.

Kingdom

Animalia

Class

Clitellata

SubClass

Oligochaeta

Order

Crassiclitellata

Family

Lumbricidae

Genus

Lumbriucs

Loc

Lumbriucs castaenus Savigny, 1826

Singh, Ankit Kumar & Khanal, Laxman 2025
2025
Loc

Lumbricus castaneus

Michaelsen, W. 1900: 510
1900
Loc

Lumbricus purpureus

Michaelsen, W. 1890: 5
1890
Loc

Enterion castaneum

Savigny, J. C. 1826: 180
1826
Loc

Enterion pupilum

Savigny, J. C. 1826: 181
1826
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