The genus Humbertium gen. nov., a new taxon of the land planarian family Bipaliidae (Tricladida, Terricola)

Authors
Ogren, RE Sluys, R
Citation
Re. Ogren et R. Sluys, The genus Humbertium gen. nov., a new taxon of the land planarian family Bipaliidae (Tricladida, Terricola), BELG J ZOOL, 131, 2001, pp. 201-204
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
BELGIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
ISSN journal
07776276 → ACNP
Volume
131
Year of publication
2001
Supplement
1
Pages
201 - 204
Database
ISI
SICI code
0777-6276(200104)131:<201:TGHGNA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A new generic name is proposed for a group of 23 bipaliid species that shar e a unique feature of the female copulatory organ: the ovovitelline ducts t am dorsally before reaching the gonopore, and enter the female organ from a n antero-dorsal aspect. They are distributed in Madagascar, India, Sri Lank a, China, Sarawak, and West Malaysia.