Poecilobdella Explained

Poecilobdella[1] is a genus of Asian leeches belonging to the family Hirudinidae. Together with the genus Hirudinaria, they have been called Asian buffalo (or cattle) leeches.[2]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[3] lists:

  1. Poecilobdella blanchardi (Moore, 1901) - type species
    - previously placed in subgenus: Limnatis (Poecilobdella) Blanchard, 1893
  2. Poecilobdella hubeiensis Yang, 1980
  3. Poecilobdella nanjingensis Yang, 1996

Now placed in the genus Hirudinaria:

Notes and References

  1. Blanchard (1893) Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 8, no. 145.
  2. Phillips AJ (2012) Phylogenetic placement of a new species of Asian buffalo leech (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae), and confirmation of human-mediated dispersal of a congener to the Caribbean. Invertebrate Systematics, 26, 293–302. DOI: also available from: ResearchGate (accessed 29 August 2021).
  3. https://www.gbif.org/species/2308868 GBIF

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