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  Genus Erpobdella

Species E. punctata (+ E. lateralis)

Taxon Information

The Species E. punctata has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Erpobdella punctata, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Erpobdella punctata, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Dina lateralis, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Erpobdella punctata puncata, "common throughout most of the United States and Canada, especially the Great Lakes region. This species is also reported from Mexico" [map: Wisconsin & elsewhere in North America] (Klemm, 1982).
• Erpobdella punctata coastalis, "known only from the coastal areas of the Carolinas" (Klemm, 1982).
• Erpobdella punctata, [North America] (Moore, 1959).
• Dina lateralis, [North America] (Moore, 1959).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Klemm, D.J. 1982. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 177 pp. [Available online]
• Moore, J.P. 1959. Hirudinea. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 542-557.

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System