Egelfauna des Iran

Egelfauna des Iran

Leech fauna of Iran

Taxon	recorded by
Glossiphoniidae Vailant, 1890	.
*Glossiphonia* *concolor* (Apathy, 1888)	Grosser, Gholami & Kami, unpubl.
*Helobdella* *stagnalis* Linnaeus, 1758	Bennike 1940
*Hemiclepsis* *marginata* (O. F. Müller, 1774)	Grosser & Pešić 2006
*Placobdella* *costata* (Fr. Müller, 1846)	Grosser, & Pešić 2006
*Theromyzon* *affinis* Bennike, 1940	Bennike 1940
Ozobranchidae Pinto, 1921	.
*Ozobranchus* *branchiatus* (Menzies, 1791)	Grosser, Gholami & Kami, unpubl.
Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865	.
*Pisciciola* *geometra (Linneaus, 1758)*	Pazooki & Masoumian 2012 in: Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Zeylanicobdella* *arugamensis* de Silva, 1963	Polgar et al. 2009 in: Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
Haemopidae Richardson, 1969	.
*Haemopis* *sanguisuga* Linnaeus, 1758	Bennike 1940
Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886	.
*Hirudo* *orientalis* Utevsky & Trontelj, 2005	Grosser, C. & V. Pešić 2006
*Limnatis* *nilotica* (Savigny, 1822)	Grosser, C. & V. Pešić 2006
*Limnatis* *paluda* Tennent, 1859	Bennike 1940
Erpobdellidae R. Blanchard, 1894	.
*Dina borisi* Cichoka, J. M, A. Bielecki, J. Kur, D. Pikula, A. Kilikowska & B. Biernacka, 2015	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Dina farsa* Grosser & Pešić, 2008	Grosser, C. & V. Pešić 2008
*Dina lineata concolor* (Annandale, 1913)	Grosser, C. & V. Pešić 2006
*Dina lineata lineata* (O. F. Müller, 1774)	Bennike 1940
*Dina orientalis* Grosser, Nesemann & Pešić, 2011	Grosser, Nesemann & Pešić 2011
*Dina punctata punctata* Johannson, 1927	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Dina stschegolewi* (Lukin & Epshtein, 1960)	Grosser, Gholami & Kami, unpubl.
*Erpobdella* *monostriata* (Lindenfeld & Pietruszinsky, 1890	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Eropbdella* *octoculata* (Linnaeus, 1758)	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Erpobdella* *cf. testacea*	Grosser, Gholami & Kami, unpubl.
*Erpobdella* *vilnensis* (Liskiewicz, 1925)	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016
*Trocheta* *haskonis* Grosser, 2000	Darabi-Darestani et al. 2016

The specimens of Iranian Limnatis, identified by C. Grosser, are still assigned to Limnatis nilotica. Probably, Limnatis nilotica can be subdivited into several species in the future. First genetic investigations support this idea (as said in a letter by P. Trontelj). After the clarification the taxonomy of Limnatis the material from Iran had to be verified once more. Perhaps, L. paluda sensu Bennike and L. nilotica sensu Grosser are one species.

Bennike, S. A. B. (1940): On some Iranian freshwater Hirudinea. Dan. Sci. Inv. Iran. Part II Kopenhagen: 1-10.

Darabi-Darestani, K, A. Sari & A. Sarafrazi (2016): Five new recordsand an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran. - Zootaxa 4170 (1): 41-70, Magnolia Press (online edition).

Grosser, C., H. F. Nesemann & V. Pešić (2011): Dina orientalis sp. nov. —an overlooked new leech (Annelida: Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) species from the Near and Middle East.- Zootaxa 2746: 20-24, online edition.

Grosser, C. & V. Pešić (2006): On the Diversity of Iranian Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea).- Arch. Biol. Sci. 58 (1): 21-24, Belgrad.

Grosser, C. & V. Pešić (2008): Dina farsa sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) – eine neue Egelart aus dem Iran. - Lauterbornia 65: 15-26, Dinkelscherben.

Nesemann, H. & E. Neubert (1999): Annelida, Clitellata: Branchiobdellida, Acanthobdellea, Hirudinea.- Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 6/2, Heidelberg.

by C. Grosser

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