Australian Museum Journal A new leech from Papua, representative of a third family of aquatic jawed sanguivores in the Australian region (Hirudinoidea: Illebdellidae fam. nov.)
- Shortform:
- Richardson, 1974, Rec. Aust. Mus. 29(6): 187–196
- Author(s):
- Richardson, Laurence R.
- Year published:
- 1974
- Title:
- A new leech from Papua, representative of a third family of aquatic jawed sanguivores in the Australian region (Hirudinoidea: Illebdellidae fam. nov.)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 6
- Start page:
- 187
- End page:
- 196
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1974.227
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 22 May 1974
- Cover date:
- 22 May 1974
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- NEW GUINEA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 03 March 2009
- Available online:
- 01 April 2009
- Reference number:
- 227
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (75kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1014kb PDF)
Abstract
A new family based on Illebdella papuensis gen. et sp. nov. is described. Characters include: body strongly depressed and wide; monostichodont, trignathous; pharynx euthylaematous with single secondary ridges in the dorsolateral positions; epididymis, a globular mass at xi/xii; no sperm ducts or ejaculatory bulbs; median regions, bimyomeric; vagina, caecate; no vaginal duct; ix to xxiv, 5-annulate; xxv, 4-annulate; xxvi, 3-annulate. Pattern, topographic, a wide median band of alternating maculae; a lateral catenulate row of large ovals. Hirudo catenulata Johansson 1918 is transferred to the new family and provisionally to the g. Illebdella.