Beauchampius Explained

Beauchampius is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.

Description

The genus Beauchampius includes planarians with weak cutaneous longitudinal musculature and strong parenchymal musculature forming a ring zone. The copulatory apparatus has a well-developed conical penis papilla and two female ducts opening into the genital atrium, one from the ventral female canal and other from the dorsal diverticulum that in some cases forms a seminal bursa.^[1]

Etymology

The genus Beauchampius was named in honor of Paul Marais de Beauchamp, who studied land planarians for more than 60 years.

Species

The genus Beauchampius includes the following species:

• Beauchampius bangoianus (de Beauchamp, 1939)
• Beauchampius coonoorensis (de Beauchamp, 1930)
• Beauchampius crassus (de Beauchamp, 1939)
• Beauchampius dawydoffi (de Beauchamp, 1939)
• Beauchampius indosinicus (de Beauchamp, 1939)
• Beauchampius nilgiriensis (Whitehouse, 1919)
• Beauchampius sarasinorum (Graff, 1899)
• Beauchampius sondaica (Loman, 1890)
• Beauchampius trimeni (Graff, 1899)

Notes and References

1. Ogren . R. E. . Kawakatsu . M. . 1991 . Index to the species of the family Geoplanidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part II: Caenoplaninae and Pelmatoplaninae. . Bulletin of Fujis Women's College . 29 . 35–58 .