Taxonomy & Nomenclature of Leeches

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Grosser, C. (2000): Description of Trocheta haskonis sp. nov. from Germany.

Grosser, C. (2000): Beschreibung von Trocheta haskonis n. sp. (Hirudinea, Erpobdellidae) aus Sachsen-Anhalt.- Lauterbornia 38: 29-36, Dinkelscherben.

Grosser, C. (2004): Redescription and taxonomic status of Haemopis elegans.

Grosser, C. (2004): Haemopis elegans (Hirudinea: Haemopidae) – ein wiederentdecktes europäisches Egeltaxon.- Lauterbornia 52: 77-86, Dinkelscherben.

GROSSER, C. (2015): Differentiation of some similar species of the subfamily Trochetinae with the description of Trocheta taunensis n. sp. and on the taxonomic status of Trocheta intermedia Kutschera, 2010.

GROSSER, C. (2015): Differentiation of some similar species of the subfamily Trochetinae (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae). – Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (1): 29-41, online.

Grosser, C., Sh. Barjadze & E. Maghradze (2021): Description of Trocheta ariescornuta from Motena Cave in Western Georgia.

Grosser, C., Sh. Barjadze & E. Maghradze (2021): Trocheta ariescornuta n. sp. (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) - a new cavernicolous leech from Motena Cave in Georgia. Ecologica Montenegrina 44: 32-43. http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.44.5

Grosser, C., Barjadze, Sh., Maghradze, E., Shavadze, L., Pešić, V. & A. Faille (2023): Description of Dina imeretiensis and Dina samegreloensis from caves in Western Georgia.

Grosser, C., Barjadze, Sh., Maghradze, E., Shavadze, L., Pešić, V. & A. Faille (2023): On the taxonomic status of Dina ratschaensis Kobakhidze, 1958 with a description oft wo new species – Dina imeretiensis sp. nov. and D. samegreloensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae).- European Journal of Taxonomy, 891: 110-127.

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2275

Grosser, C. & B. Eiseler (2008): Description of Dina pseudotrocheta sp. nov. from Germany.

Grosser, C. & B. Eiseler (2008): Beschreibung von Dina pseudotrocheta sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) aus dem deutsch-belgischen Grenzgebiet. - Lauterbornia 65: 27-41, Dinkelscherben.

Grosser, C. & V. M. Epshtein (2009): Species status and Redescription of Trocheta danastrica with a comment of accessory nerves.

Grosser, C. & V. M. Epshtein (2009): Zum Artstatus des Egels Trocheta danastrica Stschegolew, 1938 (Annelida, Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae).- Lauterbornia 67: 77-91, Dinkelscherben.

Grosser, C. & V. M. Epshtein (2019): Identification key of German freshwater leeches.

Grosser, C. & V. M. Epshtein (2019): Klasse Hirudinea – Egel. In: Klausnitzer, B. (Hrsg.): Stresemann – Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland, Bd. 1: Wirbellose (ohne Insekten), Berlin: Springer Berlin, 9., überarb. und aktualisierte Auflage: S. 371-382.

Grosser, C., G. Moritz & V. Pešić (2007): Description of Dina minuoculata sp. nov from Montenegro.

Grosser, C., G. Moritz & V. Pešić (2007): Dina minuoculata sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) – eine neue Egelart aus Montenegro.- Lauterbornia 59: 7-18, Dinkelscherben.

Grosser, C. & H. Nesemann (2004): Supplements to „Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 6/2“.

Grosser, C. & H. Nesemann (2004): Ergänzungen zur "Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 6/2: Annelida, Clitellata: Branchiobdellida, Acanthobdellea, Hirudinea“.- Lauterbornia 52: 27-32, Dinkelscherben.

Grosser, C., H. F. Nesemann & V. Pešić (2011): Description of Dina orientalis sp. nov.

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 (2008): Description of Dina farsa sp. nov. from Iran.

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

Grosser, C. & V. Pešić (2014): Description of Dina sketi n. sp. from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Grosser, C., V. Pešić & D. Dmitrović (2014): Dina sketi n. sp., a new erpobdellid leech (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) from Bosnia and Herzegovina. - Zootaxa 3793 (3): 393-397, online edition.

GROSSER, C. & V. PEšić (2016): Description of Glossiphonia balcanica n. sp. and Dina prokletijaca n. sp. from Montenegro and Kosovo.

GROSSER, C., V. PEšić, V. BERLAJOLLI & B. GLIGOROVIć (2016): Glossiphonia balcanica n. sp. and Dina prokletijaca n. sp. (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae, Erpobdellidae) - two new leeches from Montenegro and Kosovo. - Ecologica Montenegrina 8: 17-26, online.

Grosser, C. & V. Pešić (2022): Description of Dina crnogorensis n. sp. from Montenegro.

Grosser, C & V. Pešić (2022): Dina crnogorensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) – a new leech species from Montenegro.- Ecologica Montenegrina 54: 1-11,

https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.54.1

Grosser, C., Rewicz, T., Jovanović, M., Zawal, A. & V. Pešć (2023): Description of Dina nesemanni n. sp. from Montenegro.

Grosser, C., Rewicz, T., Jovanović, M., Zawal, A. & V. Pešć (2023): Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the leech genus Dina R. Blanchard, 1892 (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) from the ancient Skadar Lake basin in Montenegro.- The European Zoological Journal, 90: 1, 383-394, DOI:10.1080/24750263.2023.2216710

Grosser, C. & P. Trontelj (2008): Taxonomic status and Redescription of Barbronia wuttkei n. comb..

Grosser, C. & P. Trontelj (2008): On the taxonomic status of Barbronia wuttkei (Kutschera, 2004) n. comb. – a leech species (Hirudinea: Salifidae) from a German aquarium.- Lauterbornia 65: 69-75, Dinkelscherben.

Jovanović, M., E. Haring, H. Sattmann, C. Grosser, V. Pešić (2021): DNA barcoding of species of the genus Glossiphonia from the Western Balkan.

Jovanović, M., E. Haring, H. Sattmann, C. Grosser, V. Pešić (2021): DNA barcoding for species delimitation of the freshwater leech genus Glossiphonia from the Western Balkan (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae).- Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e66347. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.9.e66347

JUEG, U. & C. GROSSER (2017): Description of the new genus Erpobdellopsis Grosser, 2017 and the type species Erpobdellopsis graacki Jueg & Grosser, 2017 from Andalusia/Spain. Congenitor is Erpobdellopsis quaternaria (Moore, 1930) from the East Palaearctic.

JUEG, U. & C. GROSSER (2017): Erpobdellopsis graacki n. gen., n. sp. - a peculiar leech from Spain (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae).- Lauterbornia 84: 69-87, Dinkelscherben.

Kvist, S. et al. (2022): Species-level diversity in Palearctic Placobdella.

Kvist, S., S. Utevsky, F. Marrone, R. Ben Ahmed, Ł. Gajda, C. Grosser, M. Huseynov, U. Jueg, A. Khomenko, A. Oceguera-Figueroa, V. Pešić, M. Pupins, R. Rouag, N. Sağlam, P. Świątek, P. Trontelj, L. Vecchioni & Ch. Müller (2022): Extensive sampling sheds light on species-level diversity in Palearctic Placobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Glossiphoniiformes).- Hydrobiologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-021-04786-5.

Pešić, V. & C. Grosser (2022): Dina serbica, a new species of leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) from Serbia, based on morphological and molecular evidence.- Ecologica Montenegrina 51: 1-14, https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.51.1.

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