First confirmed records with molecular data of the terrestrial flatworm Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) in Madagascar, Egypt, and South Africa

By

Gastineau, Romain
Ravelomanana, Andrianjaka
Ramzy, Remondah Rushdy
Koken, Marcel, 1961-
Soavolamanoro, Suzelyce Eva
Otis, Christian
Boyle, Brian
Gey, Delphine
Winsor, L. (Leigh), 1949-
Justine, Jean-Lou

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-5-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

557--564

Subjects

Africa , Bipaliinae , Continenticola , Indian Ocean , mitochondrial genome , mitochondrial genome , mitochondrial genome , mitochondrial genome , mitochondrial genome , Platyhelminthes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.3.557

 

Abstract

The land flatworm Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 is the most widely distributed invasive species of land flatworm, being found in over 78 countries. A specimen was recently collected in an urbanized part of the capital city of Antananarivo in Madagascar, identified on the basis of external morphology and later confirmed by molecular methods. This represents the first strictly confirmed occurrence of the species in Madagascar. Previous African records of Bipalium kewense are summarized, and two records from continental Africa (Egypt and South Africa) are confirmed by molecular barcoding.