Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
IF 0.5 4区 生物学Q3 Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Anna J. Phillips, Ricardo Salas-Montiel, A. Oceguera-Figueroa
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Abstract
Abstract.— The complete holdings of Macrobdella species at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History were examined and the identity of 4 specimen lots were redetermined. One of these lots was redetermined as Macrobdella sestertia and represents the first report of this species from New Hampshire. Prior to this report, this species was only known from a few occurrences in eastern Massachusetts and Maine. This is also the first report of this species to be found in sympatry with Macrobdella decora, a more common congener with a widespread distribution.
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The official publication of the Biological Society of Washington, the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington is an international journal containing peer-reviewed papers that broadly bear on systematics in the biological sciences (botany and zoology), paleontology, and notices of business transacted at Society meetings.