| Humbertium | |
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| Humbertium diana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Bipaliinae |
| Genus: | Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001 |
| Type species | |
| Perocephalus ravenalae von Graff, 1899 | |
Humbertium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).
Species of Humbertium are characterized by the presence of a well developed penis papilla in the copulatory apparatus, similar to the one in Bipalium , but with the ovovitelloducts entering the female atrium anteriorly and not posteriorly as in Bipalium. [1]
The genus Humbertium is named after the Swiss naturalist Aloïs Humbert who described several species from Sri Lanka that are now classified in the genus. [1]
The genus Humbertium contains the following species: [2]
Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms.
Bipalium is a genus of large predatory land planarians. They are often loosely called "hammerhead worms" or "broadhead planarians" because of the distinctive shape of their head region. Land planarians are unique in that they possess a "creeping sole", a highly ciliated region on the ventral epidermis that helps them to creep over the substrate. Native to Asia, several species are invasive to the United States, Canada, and Europe. Some studies have begun the investigation of the evolutionary ecology of these invasive planarians.
Platydemus is a genus of large predatory land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Girardia is a genus of freshwater planarians belonging to the family Dugesiidae.
Microplana is a genus of land planarians found in Europe and Africa.
Geoplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians endemic to the Neotropical region. Members of this family are sometimes referred to as the Neotropical land planarians. However, one species, Obama nungara has been introduced in Europe.
Luteostriata is a genus of land planarians from Brazil characterized by a yellow body with dark longitudinal stripes.
Bipaliinae is a subfamily of land planarians found mainly in Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, although some species have been introduced worldwide.
Rhynchodemini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae.
Robert Edward Ogren was an American zoologist.
Gigantea is a genus of land planarians from the Neotropical realm.
Othelosoma is a genus of land planarians found in Africa and India.
Kontikia is a genus of land planarians native from islands in the Indo-Pacific region, but several species have been introduced elsewhere.
Rhynchodemus is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Rhynchodemini.
Novibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae.
Diversibipalium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae. It was erected to include species lacking sufficient morphological information to allow them to be classified in the appropriate genus.
Anisorhynchodemus is a genus of land planarians of the tribe Rhynchodemini. It was erected to include species lacking sufficient morphological information to allow them to be classified in the appropriate genus.
Beauchampius is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplaninini.
Pelmatoplana is a genus of land planarians in the tribe Pelmatoplanini.
Vermiviatum covidum is a species of predatory land flatworm, found in France and Italy. The Holotype specimen is MNHN JL351B.
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