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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507" ID-Pensoft-Pub="2535-0730-1-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="2D046F65685A53469655E024FAA48256" ID-ZooBank="C782803DB1FE4863A747BAAFC8593891" ModsDocID="2535-0730-7-1-1" checkinTime="1672842687621" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Jueg, Uwe" docDate="2023" docId="E895B11C31B25FCABE7351034F7FE5FD" docLanguage="en" docName="EvolutSyst 7(1): 1-34" docOrigin="Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1)" docPubDate="2023-01-03" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507" docTitle="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina Jueg 2023, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="2C90BCC7-B6FE-4A63-A1FA-58D915898940" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="2" id="2D046F65685A53469655E024FAA48256" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="2D046F65685A53469655E024FAA48256" masterDocTitle="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov. and Alboglossiphonia buniana sp. nov. - two new leech species from Africa and revision of the genus Alboglossiphonia Lukin, 1976 in Africa" masterLastPageNumber="34" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1672842989392" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov. and Alboglossiphonia buniana sp. nov. - two new leech species from Africa and revision of the genus Alboglossiphonia Lukin, 1976 in Africa</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Jueg, Uwe</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/2C90BCC7-B6FE-4A63-A1FA-58D915898940" authority="Jueg" authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" higherTaxonomySource="treatment-meta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina" status="sp. nov.">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina Jueg</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Material.</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" country="Kenya" county="In" location="Mt. Elgon" municipality="They" specimenCount="20" typeStatus="holotype">
In addition to the
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from Mt.
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, there were
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from the
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massif in
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, on the border with
<collectingCountry name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
, which were collected in 1953 (
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).
<collectingMunicipality>They</collectingMunicipality>
turned out to belong to the species described here.
<collectingCounty>In</collectingCounty>
<bibRefCitation author="Sciacchitano, I" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="287 - 309" refId="B34" refString="Sciacchitano, I, 1960. Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 61: 287 - 309" title="Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza)." volume="61" year="1960">Sciacchitano (1960)</bibRefCitation>
these animals were named
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</taxonomicName>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Dr. Ulrich Boessneck, Zoological Museum, Coll., No." country="Kenya" elevation="4493" location="Nanyuki Tarn" municipality="February" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Hamburg" typeStatus="Holotype">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<typeStatus>Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCount type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
collected on
<collectingMunicipality>February</collectingMunicipality>
20th of 2010 from
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, Mt.
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
national park
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E895B11C31B25FCABE7351034F7FE5FD:222D2ECED765799E94A67F75F696934A" country="Kenya" municipality="February" name="Nanyuki Tarn" stateProvince="Hamburg">Nanyuki Tarn</location>
,
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<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.493" unit="m" value="4493.0">4,493 m</quantity>
above sea level
</elevation>
, leg.
<collectorName>
Dr. Ulrich
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</collectorName>
; body length 6.0 mm, maximum width
<quantity metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6" unit="mm" value="1.6">1.6 mm</quantity>
; deposited at the
<collectorName>Zoological Museum</collectorName>
of
<collectingRegion country="Germany" name="Hamburg">Hamburg</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingCountry name="Germany">Germany</collectingCountry>
),
<collectorName>Coll.</collectorName>
-
<collectorName>No.</collectorName>
: ZMH P-30427 (specimen
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<quantity metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
Table
</locationDeviation>
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Metric characteristics of A. afroalpina sp. nov.; all dimensions in mm." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableUuid="7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E">1</tableCitation>
).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Table 1.</emphasis>
Metric characteristics of
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</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.; all dimensions in mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Specimen-No.</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Length</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Maximum width</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Length cranial sucker</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Width cranial sucker</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Length caudal sucker</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Width caudal sucker</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Length head region</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Notes</th>
</tr>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCount type="generic" typeStatus="holotype">1 holotype</specimenCount>
</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.5</td>
<td colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="7">-</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.52</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.80</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.70</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.35</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="4">Eye position not visible</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.90</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.42</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.42</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.80</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.63</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.70</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">8.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.80</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">8.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="2">Eye position not visible</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">8.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.25</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.43</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.90</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">head not removed</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">15</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5.70</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="2">
Eye position not visible; ventral
<normalizedToken originalValue="glockenförmig">glockenfoermig</normalizedToken>
(eggs)
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
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<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">17</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.43</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">atypically contracted</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
Eye position not visible; ventral
<normalizedToken originalValue="glockenförmig">glockenfoermig</normalizedToken>
(eggs)
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">19</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.45</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.57</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.28</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Eye position not visible</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4.80</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.00</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.85</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="5">
ventrally bell-shaped (&gt;
<specimenCount type="egg">20 eggs</specimenCount>
)
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">21</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Maximum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10.50</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.62</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.65</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.75</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.85</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Minimum</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4.60</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.90</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.30</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.40</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.55</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Median</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7.54</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.58</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.48</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.53</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.56</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.61</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0.43</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Additional material.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Dr. J. Bouillon, Coll., No." country="Kenya" county="Central Africa in Tervuren" elevation="3850" location="December" municipality="Royal Museum of Central Africa" specimenCount="1">
<specimenCount type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
collected
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E895B11C31B25FCABE7351034F7FE5FD:70B7A85B184C64C703A4354E72101D4F" country="Kenya" county="Central Africa in Tervuren" municipality="Royal Museum of Central Africa" name="December">December</location>
of 1953 from
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, Mt.-Elgon-Massif near
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E895B11C31B25FCABE7351034F7FE5FD:D43953CF30CB53749057480B628EFFC9" country="Kenya" county="Central Africa in Tervuren" municipality="Royal Museum of Central Africa" name="Kitale">Kitale</location>
,
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.85" unit="m" value="3850.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.85" unit="m" value="3850.0">3,850 m</quantity>
above sea level
</elevation>
; leg.
<collectorName>Dr. J. Bouillon</collectorName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Sciacchitano, I" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="287 - 309" refId="B34" refString="Sciacchitano, I, 1960. Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 61: 287 - 309" title="Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza)." volume="61" year="1960">Sciacchitano 1960</bibRefCitation>
as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moore" authorityYear="1939" class="Clitellata" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Glossiphonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Glossiphonia disjuncta" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="disjuncta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Glossiphonia disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); deposited at the
<collectingMunicipality>
Royal Museum of
<collectingCounty>Central Africa in Tervuren</collectingCounty>
</collectingMunicipality>
(
<collectingCountry name="Belgium">Belgium</collectingCountry>
),
<collectorName>Coll.</collectorName>
-
<collectorName>No.</collectorName>
: 29878 (specimen
<locationDeviation location="Table">
<quantity metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.08" unit="in" value="2.0">2 in</quantity>
Table
</locationDeviation>
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Metric characteristics of A. afroalpina sp. nov.; all dimensions in mm." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableUuid="7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E">1</tableCitation>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1953-12-11" collectorName="Dr. J. Bouillon, Coll., No." country="Kenya" county="Central Africa in Tervuren" elevation="3000" location="Kitale" municipality="Royal Museum of Central Africa" specimenCount="19">
<specimenCount type="generic">19 specimens</specimenCount>
collected
<collectingDate value="1953-12-11">December 11th, 1953</collectingDate>
from
<collectingCountry name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
, Mt.-Elgon-Massif near
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E895B11C31B25FCABE7351034F7FE5FD:517544F7D006B1C8132DBCAEED2CB2EB" country="Kenya" county="Central Africa in Tervuren" municipality="Royal Museum of Central Africa" name="Kitale">Kitale</location>
, east-northeast from the previous location,
<elevation metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="3000.0">
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" unit="m" value="3000.0">3,000 m</quantity>
above sea level
</elevation>
; leg.
<collectorName>Dr. J. Bouillon</collectorName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Sciacchitano, I" journalOrPublisher="Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="287 - 309" refId="B34" refString="Sciacchitano, I, 1960. Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 61: 287 - 309" title="Contributo alla conoscenza degli irudinei del Congo Belga (nota terza)." volume="61" year="1960">Sciacchitano 1960</bibRefCitation>
as
<taxonomicName authorityName="Moore" authorityYear="1939" class="Clitellata" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Glossiphonia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Glossiphonia disjuncta" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="disjuncta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Glossiphonia disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); deposited at the
<collectingMunicipality>
Royal Museum of
<collectingCounty>Central Africa in Tervuren</collectingCounty>
</collectingMunicipality>
(
<collectingCountry name="Belgium">Belgium</collectingCountry>
),
<collectorName>Coll.</collectorName>
-
<collectorName>No.</collectorName>
: 29868-29877 (specimens
<locationDeviation location="Table">
<quantity metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.048" metricValueMax="5.334" metricValueMin="0.762" unit="in" value="12.0" valueMax="21.0" valueMin="3.0">3-21 in</quantity>
Table
</locationDeviation>
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Metric characteristics of A. afroalpina sp. nov.; all dimensions in mm." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" tableUuid="7D4AD18CA9CFCA7F178C35590BEB924E">1</tableCitation>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type locality">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Kenya, Central Kenya Province, Naro Moru, Mt. Kenya National Park north of the Teleki Valley, Nanyuki Tarn (mountain lake) (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Type locality of Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov., Photo: Dr. U. Boessneck (†)." figureDoi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790139" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">1</figureCitation>
),
<geoCoordinate degrees="0.15493" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-0.15493">0.15493°S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="37.29793" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="37.29793">37.29793°E</geoCoordinate>
, 4,493 m above sea level, February 20th, 2010, leg. Dr. Ulrich
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bößneck">Boessneck</normalizedToken>
.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790139" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 1" startId="F1">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 1.</emphasis>
Type locality of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., Photo: Dr. U.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bößneck">Boessneck</normalizedToken>
(†).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lukin" authorityYear="1976" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species up to 10.5 mm long and up to 2.2 mm wide; very elongated shape for the genus; almost circular suckers with thick walls, caudal sucker small (about 1/3 of the maximum body width); ground color unknown, numerous small roundish to oblong spots dorsally and less numerous ventrally (only species of the genus with this character); smooth surface, no prominent tubercles or papillae; eye position typical of the species, but with high variability; separation of the small and poorly visible gonopores by two annuli; internal anatomy unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The external morphology (number and position of eyes, annulation, colouration, papillation, suckers and the position of genital pores, size) was examined for the holotype and another 20 specimens. The internal morphology was not investigated (see above).</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Body form and size</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The body is oblong with a length of 10.5 mm. The maximum width in the second half of the body is 2.2 mm. The body is approx. 0.6 mm wide both at the beginning of the head area and at the base of the rear suction cup. Dorsum is slightly curved, ventral flat. The approx. 0.5 mm long head area is set off by a neck furrow. The hind edge of the animal is strongly concave dorsally, so that part of the posterior sucker is exposed. In egg-carrying specimens, a ventral bell-like bulge was observed to protect the clutch, as is typical for this genus.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Annulation</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
69 annuli were counted. The first six annuli are in the head area. All annuli have the same width.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Suckers and mouth</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The cranial sucker is rounded to slightly crosswise: 0.48 mm in length and 0.53 mm in width (max. 0.62 mm and 0.65 mm). The edge is thickened on all sides and resembles a tire. There is a relatively large mouth opening in the center of the deep, bowl-shaped cranial sucker (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov., cranial sucker with mouth pore, Holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790145" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">7</figureCitation>
). It is triangular, with the lower edge being slightly convex and the other two sides being slightly concave. The caudal sucker is almost circular with 0.56 mm length and 0.61 mm width (max. 0.75 and 0.85 mm). The width of the caudal sucker is on average about one third of the maximum body width. The caudal sucker is only very deep in the middle, the edges are reinforced like a ring like the cranial sucker.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour and pattern</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In life, the basic color is probably light brown to beige, and clearly lighter on the ventral side. The spotting on the dorsal side is very characteristic, consisting of elongated to rounded spots that are only slightly darker than the basic color (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov., dorsal, Holotype." figureDoi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790146" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">8</figureCitation>
). The animals from the Elgon Mountains have more rounded spots. There are 8-12 (up to 15) such spots on each annulus. The patches often touch the annulus in front of it, but rarely extend beyond it. Altogether they give a diffuse pattern on the whole dorsal side, beginning behind the eyes up to the posterior sucker. The head area and suction cups are free of pigment. The spots are weaker on the anterior half of the body than on the posterior half. Sometimes interrupted longitudinal rows or rows of different lengths are indicated, which have a higher concentration of spots on the sides of the body. There are also spots ventrally, but fewer and weaker, which are connected to indistinct lines at the edges.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790140" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 2.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., dorsal, Mt. Kenya, Holotype, length 6 mm, Photo: P. Michalik.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Papillae and tubercles</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The entire body is smooth. There are no tubercles or prominent papillae. Only tiny, evenly spaced, sensory papillae are visible at high magnification. These are present on each annulus as a transverse row.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790141" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 3" startId="F3">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 3.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., ventral, Mt. Kenya, Holotype, length 6 mm, Photo: P. Michalik.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eyes</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The eyes are typically formed for the genus
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lukin" authorityYear="1976" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with a high degree of variability in arrangement and partial reduction of the eyes (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Eye positions of Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov., individual numbers correspond to Table 1." figureDoi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790147" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">9</figureCitation>
). However, this is not unusual for the genus (
<bibRefCitation author="Oosthuizen, JH" journalOrPublisher="Madoqua" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="89 - 105" refId="B21" refString="Oosthuizen, JH, 1978a. Two new Batracobdella species from southern Africa and a rediscrition of Batracobdella disjuncta (Moore, 1939) comb. nov. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Madoqua 2 (2): 89 - 105" title="Two new Batracobdella species from southern Africa and a rediscrition of Batracobdella disjuncta (Moore, 1939) comb. nov. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)." volume="2" year="1978 a">Oosthuizen 1978a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation author="Oosthuizen, JH" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Transvaal Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="169 - 176" refId="B22" refString="Oosthuizen, JH, 1978b. A new Glossiphonia species from southern Africa (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Annals of the Transvaal Museum 31: 169 - 176" title="A new Glossiphonia species from southern Africa (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)." volume="31" year="1978 b">b</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Jueg, U" journalOrPublisher="Lauterbornia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="43 - 61" refId="B14" refString="Jueg, U, 2008. Alboglossiphonia iberica nov. sp. - eine neue Egelart von der Iberischen Halbinsel (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Lauterbornia 65: 43 - 61" title="Alboglossiphonia iberica nov. sp. - eine neue Egelart von der Iberischen Halbinsel (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)." volume="65" year="2008">Jueg 2008</bibRefCitation>
). The first pair of eyes is at the anterior edge of the 4th annulus, the second at the posterior of the same. The third pair of eyes is on the 5th annulus. The 2nd and 3rd pair of eyes are about the same size, and the left and right eyes of each pair are very close together, and sometimes longitudinally fused. The first pair of eyes, which is significantly smaller, is much closer together. The third pair of eyes are slightly further apart than the second. Shifts in position can affect all eyes, with a strikingly high level of variability.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gonopores</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Both gonopores are very small and inconspicuous. They each lie in a furrow and are separated by two annuli. The furrows appear somewhat darker in the area of the gonopores and have the shape of a black slit (Fig.
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). The gonopores can already be seen in small animals from about 5 mm in length.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="etymology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">The newly described species is named after its occurrence in the Afroalpine zone of the East African mountain massifs Mt. Kenya and Mt. Elgon.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The affiliation to the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
results from the position of the eyes and the distance between the gonopores. Eleven species are known from Africa, only six of these from south of the Sahara (including this and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia buniana</emphasis>
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sp. nov.). Internal features (e.g. the number and shape of the crop caeca) cannot be used for differentiation, but some very constant features such as the spacing of the gonopores, the shape and size of the suckers, the structure of the surface or the formation of spots and patterns distinguish among these species.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., dorsal, Mt. Elgon, RMAT Coll.-No. 29878, Photo: A. Henrard.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790143" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., ventral, Mt. Elgon, RMAT Coll.-No. 29878, Photo: A. Henrard.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790144" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., lateral, Kenia, Mt. Elgon, RMAT Coll.-No. 29868, Photo: A. Henrard.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790145" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., cranial sucker with mouth pore, Holotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790146" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., dorsal, Holotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The gonopores of the species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. have a spacing of 2 annuli, differing from
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. conjugata" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="conjugata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. conjugata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Oosthuizen, 1978) and
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. disuqi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="disuqi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. disuqi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
El-Shimy, 1990, where the spacing is only 1 annulus, and from
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. hyalina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="hyalina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. hyalina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which has only one common gonopore.
<taxonomicName class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia conjugata" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="conjugata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia conjugata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. disuqi" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="disuqi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. disuqi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also have papillae and warts as well as rows of spots. The location of the gonopores of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is identical with following species:
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Moore, 1939),
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Jueg, 2008,
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. levis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="levis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. levis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Gouda, 2010,
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. macrorhyncha" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="macrorhyncha">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. macrorhyncha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Oosthuizen, 1978),
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. namaquaensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="namaquaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. namaquaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Augener, 1936) and
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. polypompholyx" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="polypompholyx">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. polypompholyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Oosthuizen, Hussein &amp; El-Shimy, 1988. The presence of warts and prominent papillae clearly distinguish
<taxonomicName class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia disjuncta" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="disjuncta">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia disjuncta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. macrorhyncha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. polypompholyx" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="polypompholyx">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. polypompholyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. afroalpina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not have a transparent margin like that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. iberica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. namaquaensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="namaquaensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. namaquaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. can be separated from all other species of the genus by its clearly elongated shape, which can only rarely be described as slightly oval, and by the distinctive spotting. Only
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia polypompholyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a comparable body shape, but it is clearly covered with warts. The color pattern is unique for the genus worldwide.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790147" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 9" startId="F9">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 9.</emphasis>
Eye positions of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., individual numbers correspond to Table
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.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The geographic and habitat distribution distinguish
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a new species. The occurrence in water bodies in the alpine zone of the East African mountain massifs is unique to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ecology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
The mountain lake Nanyuki Tarn on Mt. Kenya (Fig.
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) has flat, stony shores, with localized boggy areas. From a depth of about 0.3 m, the sediment becomes muddy. Nevertheless, the Nanyuki Tarn has high visibility. Submerged vegetation is only sparsely developed. The accompanying fauna is just as species-poor, with only
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and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pisidium montigenum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kuiper, 1966 found, the latter frequently. In all of Dr. Ulrich
<normalizedToken originalValue="Bößnecks">Boessneck's</normalizedToken>
collecting effort, no gastropods were found in mountain lakes above 3,000 m in the Mt. Kenya massif.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. therefore obviously feeds on insect larvae and small mussels of the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pisidium</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nothing is known about the ecology of the specimens found in 1953 in the Mt Elgon massif, except for the sea level at which the waters (probably mountain lakes) were located. Three of the animals carried eggs, so December can be named as the period for reproduction and brood care.</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790148" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 10" startId="F10">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov., Gonopores, Holotype, Photo: P. Michalik.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/790149" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 11" startId="F11">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 11.</emphasis>
Distribution of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Jueg" authorityYear="2023" class="Hirudinida" family="Glossiphoniidae" genus="Alboglossiphonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Alboglossiphonia afroalpina" order="Rhynchobdellida" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Alboglossiphonia afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
So far, the species is only known from the mountain massifs of Mt. Kenya and Mt. Elgon in Kenya. It is very likely that
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. afroalpina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov. is widespread in these massifs, and it could also be distributed on other high mountains in East Africa. A targeted search in mountain lakes in the East African high mountains would be desirable to expand the description provided here. Whether
<taxonomicName class="Clitellata" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. afroalpina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="afroalpina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A. afroalpina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
also occurs in the lowland areas between these mountain massifs is questionable.
</paragraph>
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