A REDESCRIPTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEECH PLACOBDELLOIDES BANCROFTI WITH NEW RECORDS OF ITS DISTRIBUTION

S. A. McKenna; D. A. Betts; W. W. Pong; F. R. Govedich; D. P. Barton

doi:10.1645/GE-162R

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S. A. McKenna,^1,* D. A. Betts,^1,** W. W. Pong,^1,*** F. R. Govedich,^1,**** D. P. Barton^{1,*****,******}

¹School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. dib

^** Northern Fisheries Centre, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, P.O. Box 5396, Cairns, Queensland, 4870, Australia
^**† School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
^***§ Present address: Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
^****‡ Present address: WSL Consultants, Enviroscience, 2-8 Harvey Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia
^*****∥ Present address: Parasitology Section, The South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
^******# To whom correspondence should be addressed

Abstract

Placobdelloides bancrofti (Best, 1931) Sawyer, 1986 (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) is recorded for the first time from a location in North Queensland, Australia. Placobdelloides bancrofti was found feeding on the freshwater turtle Emydura krefftii and was collected from a new host species Elseya latisternum. Examination of live individuals enabled us to document external coloration and markings for the first time. Clarification of the original description of P. bancrofti is made, correcting the location of the anal pore, and then the taxonomic history of this species is discussed.

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S. A. McKenna, D. A. Betts, W. W. Pong, F. R. Govedich, and D. P. Barton "A REDESCRIPTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN LEECH PLACOBDELLOIDES BANCROFTI WITH NEW RECORDS OF ITS DISTRIBUTION," Journal of Parasitology 91(1), 117-121, (1 February 2005). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-162R

Received: 3 June 2003; Accepted: 1 June 2004; Published: 1 February 2005

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