Haemadipsa sylvestris explained

Haemadipsa sylvestris is a species of blood-feeding leech recorded from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} A species of freshwater crab, Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum, has been recorded as a host.^[6] The species is known to grow as large as 40 mm in length and 7 mm wide.^[7] It is a lowland species, and closely associated with water; it lives near riverbanks and ponds, and may sometimes be flooded out in some regions.

References

1. Web site: Haemadipsa sylvestris . 2023-04-16 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Nesemann . H. . Sharma . S. . Dec 2001 . Leeches of the suborder Hirudiniformes (Hirudinea: Haemopidae, Hirudinidae, Haemadipsidae) from the Ganga watershed (Nepal, India: Bihar) . Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien . 138 . B . 86–87.
3. Book: Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden. . Notes from the Leyden Museum . Leiden . Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te . 1897 . E.J. Brill . 19 . Leyden.
4. Book: Blanchard, Raphaël . Hirundinées des Indes Néerlandaises . E.J. Brill . Leiden.
5. Book: Bombay Natural History Society. . The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Society . Bombay Natural History . 1954 . Bombay Natural History Society . 52 . Bombay.
6. Book: Bombay Natural History Society. . The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . Society . Bombay Natural History . 1973 . Bombay Natural History Society . 70 . Bombay . Moore (1927) refers to a freshwater crab (Potamon atkinsonianum) as a specific host of the leech Haemadipsa sylvestris.. (Potamon atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason, 1871) is a synonym of Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason, 1871))
7. Book: Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (Italy) . Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova . Genova (Italy) . Museo civico di storia naturale di . 1894 . Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti . 34 . Genova.