The leeches of Bulgaria

 

Die Egel Bulgariens

 

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE Vaillant, 1890

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)

Alboglossiphonia hyalina (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Batracobdella euxina Neubert & Nesemann, 1990

Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Glossiphonia concolor (Apáthy, 1888)

Glossiphonia paludosa (Carena, 1824)

Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Placobdella costata (Fr. Müller, 1846)

Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)

PISCICOLIDAE Johnston, 1865

Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epshtein, 1961)

Piscicola fasciata Kollar, 1842

Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Piscicola respirans Troschel, 1850

HAEMOPIDAE Richardson, 1969

Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)

HIRUDINIDAE Whitman, 1886

Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820

Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)

ERPOBDELLIDAE R. Blanchard, 1893

Dina absoloni Johansson, 1913

Dina apathyi Gedroyć, 1916

Dina lineata lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Dina lineata var. arndti Augener, 1925

The taxonomic status is unclear; the leech was described as a cave leech; probably, the taxon is similar to the Dina ratschaensis-complex from Georgia

Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822)

Erpobdella verrucosa (Örley, 1886)

         syn. Erpobdella vilnensis (Liskiewizcs, 1925)

Trocheta bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913

T. bykowskii is synonym to T. cylindrica Örley, 1886; the taxonomic status of the Bulgarian populations are unknown


I am thankfull to Uwe Jueg for all information about the leech fauna of Bulgaria


Jueg, U. (2010): Beitrag zur Hirudinea-Fauna von Bulgarien – Belege im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, eigene Funde und eine vorläufige Checkliste der Hirudinea in Bulgarien.- Lauterbornia, 70: 19-27, Dinkelscherben.

 

Košel, V. & C. Grosser (2023): Dina apathyi Gedroyć, 1916 in Bulgaria and notes on other leeches (Annelida, Hirudinida) from this country.- Lauterbornia, 89: 87-95, Dinkelscherben.

 

by C. Grosser

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