Aporrectodea caliginosa ( Savigny, 1826 ), 1983

Aporrectodea caliginosa ( Savigny, 1826) View in CoL

Enterion caliginosum Savigny, 1826: 180 View in CoL .

Enterion carneum Savigny, 1826: 180 View in CoL .

Helodrilus (Allolobophora) caliginosus (Savigny) View in CoL : Michaelsen 1900: 482.

Nicodrilus (Nicodrilus) caliginosus alternisetosus Bouché, 1972: 333 View in CoL .

Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny) Easton, 1983: 476 View in CoL .

For further synonyms please refer to Blakemore (2012).

Distribution in Nepal: Bagmati Province, Kathmandu District, Chandragiri and Tokha municipalities ( Singh, 2022).

Distribution elsewhere. Africa; America; Asia: Bangladesh, China, Iran, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Turkey; Europe; Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand ( Gates 1958a, 1972; Blakemore 2012, 2013b; Stojanović & Milutinović, 2013; Lehmitz et al. 2014; Makin et al. 2014; Reynolds & Mısırlıoğlu 2018; Szederjesi et al. 2019; Ahmed et al. 2020; Reynolds 2022; Szederjesi 2023).

Habitat: Abandoned land, crop field, gravel and sandy lawn ( Singh 2022).

Ecology: Endogeic ( Jänsch et al. 2013).

Remarks: It has been recorded from the cultivated sites and nearby areas, further study is essential to know whether it is peregrine or native in occurrence.