Macrobdella diplotertia

Macrobdella diplotertia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Subclass:	Hirudinea
Order:	Arhynchobdellida
Family:	Macrobdellidae
Genus:	Macrobdella
Species:	M. diplotertia
Binomial name
Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer, 1975

Macrobdella diplotertia, the Ozark highlands leech, is a species of leech found in the southern United States. ^{[1] [2]}

M. diplotertia was described in 1975 from Missouri, and has since been recorded from Kansas and Arkansas. ^{[3] [4]} It is believed to be the sister taxon to Macrobdella decora . ^[5] A diagnostic characteristic is the arrangement of the copulatory gland pores. The species can grow up to 66 millimetres (2.6 in) long. ^[4]

References

1. "Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer 1975 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
2. Connior, M.B.; Trauth, S.E. (2010). "Seasonal Activity of the Ozark Highlands Leech, Macrobdella diplotertia (Annelida: Hirudinea) in North-central Arkansas". Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science. 64.
3. Poly, William J. (29 Mar 2018). "Range Extension for the Elusive New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 (Hirudinida: Macrobdellidae), in South Carolina, U.S.A., with Notes on Morphology, Coloration, and Biology" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 64 (12).
4. Meyer, Marvin C. (July 1975). "A New Leech, Macrobdella diplotertia sp. n. (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae), from Missouri" (PDF). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 42 (2).
5. Phillips, Anna J.; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Kvist, Sebastian; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro (2019-08-15). "Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States" . Journal of Parasitology. 105 (4): 587–597. doi:10.1645/18-119. ISSN   0022-3395. PMID   31414949.