Hd. Jones et Bm. Gerard, A new genus and species of terrestrial planarian (Platyhelminthes; Tricladida; Terricola) from Scotland, and an emendation of the genus Artioposthia, J NAT HIST, 33(3), 1999, pp. 387-394
Arthurdendyus albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. is described. Live specimens are
up to 13 cm long, and uniformly creamy white. The ovaries are lateral to th
e male copulatory apparatus and the false seminal vesicles anastomose. Ther
e are two adenodactyls. The pharynx is of the 'bell-shaped' type. The speci
es is assumed to be native to New Zealand, but has yet to be found there. A
rtioposthia triangulata and other species native to New Zealand are transfe
rred to the new genus.