Five new records and an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran
Author
Darabi-Darestani, Kaveh
Author
Sari, Alireza
Author
Sarafrazi, Alimorad
text
Zootaxa
2016
4170
1
41
70
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.2
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1175-5326
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Erpobdella borisi
Cichocka
et al.,
2015
(
Fig. 7
and Plate
II 3
A&B)
Material
examined.
Chavgan village
, 45
Km
to
Heydar-Abad
,
Azerbaijan
Sharghi, (N 38° 32΄ 15.1˝, E 48° 08΄ 27.1 ˝),
1285m
,
ZUTC
6056
.
Lahroud
to
Sabalan
, on the way to
Ghotoursouei
,
Azerbaijan
Sharghi, (N 38° 19΄ 31.1˝, E 47° 51΄ 15.9 ˝)
2665m
,
ZUTC
6071
.
General distribution and habitats.
Reported from northwestern Iran (
Cichocka
et al.
2015
). Living in subterranean freshwater habitats.
Descriptive features and remarks.
Medium size leeches. Lateral keels present in post-clitellar region. Genital pores separated by three annuli. Body uni-colored yellowish brown or yellowish. Dorsally with irregular dark patches and ventrally light yellowish color. Eyes absent in the
type
material of original description. Present study individualss with eyes and present in surface waters.
PLATE
II.
1:
Dina punctata punctata
(Scale
1cm
), 2:
Dina stschegolewi
(Scale
1cm
), 3:
Erpobdella borisi
(Scale
1mm
).