Three species of land leeches from Taiwan, Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, and an updated description of Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka)

By

Lai, Yi-Te
Nakano, Takafumi
Chen, Jiun-Hong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

139

Pages

1-22

Subjects

Haemadipsa japonica , Haemadipsa picta , Haemadipsa rjukjuana , Land leech , Taiwan , taxonomy , Tritetrabdella taiwana

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.139.1711

 

Abstract

Three species of land leeches, including a new combination Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, as well as an updated description for Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka), are reported in this study. Morphological characters and DNA barcode analysis were used to identify these species. In addition, since H. rjukjuana had been regarded as a variety of the Japanese land leech Haemadipsa japonica for a century, morphological differences between these two species were also compared.