Microscolex phosphoreus (Dugès, 1837)

Lumbricus phosphoreus Dugès, 1837: 17 .

Microscolex phosphoreus: Michaelsen 1899a: 97, 1900: 141, 1907a: 148, 1908: 35, 1913a: 475; Sciacchitano 1960: 10; Ljungström 1972a: 5; Zicsi & Pajor 1992: 131; Plisko 2010: 291.

Type locality. France (greenhouse).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan: in RSA: WC: Caffraria, by Michaelsen translated to ‘Kafferlandet’ (possibly referring to Cape Peninsula). Cape Peninsula: Hout Bay, Skoorsteenkop at ca. 180 m asl from the wet leaves in indigenous forest. Mossel Bay, among the damp leaf mould, Victoria Park. NC: Namaqualand, Kamaggas. EC: Port Elizabeth. KZN: Krantzkop. Drakensberg, Rainbow Gorge. LP: Zoutpansberg, small ‘kloof’ north-west of Makhado [= Louis Trichard], native forest.

Remarks. Widely distributed intentionally or accidentally all over the world, occurs where climatic conditions allow. Introduced to this country.