Obama chez moi! The invasion of metropolitan France by the land planarian Obama nungara (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obama nungara is a species of land flatworm originating from South America; the species was recently described and distinguished from a similar species, Obama marmorata. Obama nungara has invaded several countries of Europe, but the extent of the invasion has not been thoroughly mapped.

Methods

In this article, based on a five and a half-year survey undertaken by citizen science, which yielded 530 records from 2013 to 2018, we analysed information about the invasion of Metropolitan France by O. nungara. We also investigated the variability of newly obtained cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) sequences of specimens from France, Italy and Switzerland.

Results

Obama nungara was recorded from 72 of the 96 Departments of Metropolitan

SUBMITTER: Justine JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7007977 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature