Systematics of the freshwater leech genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from northeastern Thailand.

ABSTRACT: In total, 435 specimens of the Southeast Asian freshwater leech species within the Hirudinidae family were collected from 17 locations of various types of aquatic habitats in northeastern Thailand. They were all morphologically placed within the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 and there were three distinct species: the common Hirudinariamanillensis, 78.2% of all collected specimens and at all 17 locations, Hirudinariajavanica at 20.3% of collected samples and from five locations and a rarer unidentified morphospecies (Hirudinaria sp.) with six samples from only two locations. The karyotypes of these three species were examined across their range in this study area for 38, 11 and 6 adult specimens of Hirudinariamanillensis, Hirudinariajavanica and Hirudinaria sp., respectively. This reveale

SUBMITTER: Tubtimon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4258631 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature