An annotated checklist of terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Mexico, with new records of invasive species from a citizen science platform and a new nomen dubium
Author
Luna, Manuel De
0000-0002-0746-0507
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Ciudad Universitaria, P. C. 66451, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leoon, Mexico scolopendra 94 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0746 - 0507
scolopendra94@gmail.com
Author
Boll, Piter Kehoma
Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos, 950, 93022 - 750, São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
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2023-06-06
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5297.4.3
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Dolichoplana striata
Moseley, 1877
Figs. 18–20, 22
,
26
.
External diagnosis
(
Ball & Reynoldson 1981
;
Jones & Sterrer 2005
). A large species that can attain
20 cm
in length, although usually smaller. Body light olive-brown, usually with six dark stripes, although this number can vary (two or four). The two median stripes are narrower than the rest, and the lateral stripes are more conspicuously marked than the others. The ventral surface is cream coloured with a pale gray creeping sole with a slightly darker gray fine midline.
FIGURE 26.
Map of Mexico pointing the iNaturalist records of the invasive terrestrial flatworms, excluding hammerhead flatworms (for those see
de Luna
et al
. 2022
):
Caenoplana coerulea
(blue circle),
Dolichoplana carvalhoi
(red hexagon),
Dolichoplana striata
(yellow hexagons),
Endevouria septemlineata
(orange squares),
Parakontikia ventrolineata
(green triangles), and
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
(pink hexagon).
The absence of a head plate differentiates it from both species of
Bipalium
. The paired eyes differ from the multi-eyed
Caenoplanini
and
Geoplana multipunctata
. This species has a striped pattern, is not entirely black, and can grow to be very large, differing altogether from
Diporodemus yucatani
and
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
.
Remarks
. This species is widespread around the world due to human influence (
Jones & Sterrer 2005
;
Álvarez-Presas
et al
. 2014
;
Brown
et al
. 2022
). It is likely native to Southeast Asia (
Jones & Sterrer 2005
).
iNaturalist Records
.
MEXICO
:
MORELOS
:
One
specimen observed
5 September 2018
;
18.9746°N
, -
99.2448°W
;
1832m
a.s.l.
; uploaded by pgg01 (#16234540).
NUEVO LEON
:
One
specimen observed
27 October 2018
;
25.6793°N
, -
100.2174°W
;
469m
a.s.l.
; uploaded by manuelnevarez (#17883791).
QUINTANA ROO
:
One
specimen observed
4 October 2020
;
20.7011°N
, -
87.0617°W
;
13m
a.s.l.
; uploaded by janet_guardiola (#65297216).
TAMAULIPAS
:
One
specimen observed
15 August 2021
;
23.0659°N
, -
99.1691°W
;
373m
a.s.l.
; uploaded by marcozozaya (#92429747).
VERACRUZ
:
One
specimen observed
3 September 2021
;
18.8510°N
, -
96.8715°W
;
661m
a.s.l.
;
uploaded by brendaalvarez (#93488398).
One
specimen observed
8 August 2020
;
18.8372°N
, -
97.0969°W
;
1214m
a.s.l.
;
uploaded by laurabonillaruiz (#55807609).
One
specimen observed
26 September 2020
;
18.8865°N
, -
96.9182°W
;
805m
a.s.l.
;
uploaded by josefranciscoreyesesperalta (#60918486).
One
specimen observed
19 September 2021
;
18.8771°N
, -
96.8630°W
;
663m
a.s.l.
;
uploaded by alberto23 (#95407569).
One
specimen observed
13 September 2022
;
18.8773°N
, -
96.8768°W
;
689m
a.s.l.
;
uploaded by misa02 (#134898596).
One
specimen observed
3 December 2022
;
18.8858°N
,
96.9574°W
; uploaded by tecomahua_antonio (#143581329).