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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Zootaxa
2023
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
1175-5326
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Caenoplana coerulea
Moseley, 1877
Figs. 11, 12
,
26
.
FIGURES 11–16.
Illustrations of invasive species of
Caenoplanini
found in Mexico: dorsal (11) and ventral (12) aspect of
Caenoplana coerulea
; dorsal (13) and ventral (14) aspect of
Endeavouria septemlineata
; dorsal (15) and ventral (16) aspect of
Parakontikia ventrolineata
.
External diagnosis
(
Ogren 1989
;
Luis-Negrete
et al
. 2011
). A medium-sized species, up to
8 cm
. Dorsal ground color dark blue to purple, rarely brown; median stripe light, variable in color from pale yellow to cream and white. Anterior region reddish orange to pink but can be pale white. Ventral surface blue colored.The eyes extend in a single row around the anterior region, clustering anterolaterally and continuing posteriorly into a staggered submarginal row, but without extending dorsally.
The absence of a head plate differentiates it from both species of
Bipalium
. The large number of eyes differs much from
Diporodemus yucatani
,
Rhynchodemus sylvaticus
and both species of
Dolichoplana
, which only have two. The bluish color and the single and very conspicuous clear-colored median stripe distinguish it from all species of
Caenoplanini
found in the region.
iNaturalist records
.
MEXICO
:
CIUDAD DE MEXICO
:
1 specimen
observed
7 July 2017
;
19.3206°N
, -
99.1947°W
;
2324m
a.s.l.
; uploaded by valkyrjan (#6956721)
.
1 specimen
observed
8 June 2021
;
19.3312°N
, -
99.2355°W
;
2466m
a.s.l.; uploaded by cesar_miranda (#91903520).