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  Genus Macrobdella

Species M. diplotertia

Taxon Information

The Species M. diplotertia has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Macrobdella diplotertia, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Macrobdella diplotertia, "only from Western Missouri... from Chautauqua County in southeastern Kansas" (Klemm, 1982).

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.
• Klemm, D.J. 1982. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 177 pp. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System