List of leeches of the Czech Republic

Haemopis sanguisuga

Hirudo medicinalis

There are 20 species of leeches living in the wild in the Czech Republic.

19 species were recorded in Moravia.

Species

Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdellidae

• Erpobdella lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900)
• Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822)
• Erpobdella vilnensis Liskiewicz, 1927
• Erpobdella bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913

Hirudiniformes

Hirudinidae

• Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Rhynchobdellida

Glossiphoniidae

• Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824)
• Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888)
• Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Glossiphonia nebulosa (Kalbe, 1964)
• Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1972)
• Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Piscicolidae

• Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)

See also

• Fauna of the Czech Republic