Eisenia fetida Savigny 1826

Eisenia fetida Savigny, 1826 Enterion fetidum Savigny, 1826: 182. Lumbricus semifasciatus Burmeister, 1835: 33. Helodrilus (Eisenia) foetidus (Savigny) Michaelsen, 1913: 551. Allolobophora (Eisenia) fetida (Savigny) Stephenson, 1923: 499. Further synonyms in Blakemore (2012). Type locality: Paris (42.8566°N, 2.35222°E), France Distribution in Nepal: Gandaki Province, Kaski District, Phirke Khola-Pokhara; Bagmati Province, Kathmandu (Nesemann et al. 2007) and Macchegaun, Kirtipur (Singh 2022) Distribution elsewhere: Africa, Asia, and Australia, Bermuda, Europe, India, North America, South America, Russia (Perel 1997; Csuzdi & Zicsi 2003; Reynolds & Fragoso 2004; Narayanan et al. 2023). Habitat: Moist soil and bottom of the streams, dung, vermicomposting pots, forest, garden, roadside, leaves, logs, compost (Nesemann et al. 2007; Ahmed et al. 2020; Miglani et al. 2022; Singh 2022). Ecology: Epigeic (Szederjesi 2013; Miglani et al. 2022). Remarks: Exotic earthworm species widely used in vermicomposting (Najar & Khan 2011; Sankar & Patnaik 2018). Widespread, showing cosmopolitan occurrence (Gates 1972). Probable native range: Caucasus region in Russia (Perel 1997).