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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