Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grosser, Clemens, Pešić, Vladimir & Gligorović, Bogić, 2015, A checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of Montenegro, Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (1), pp. 20-28 : 25

Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)

New records: Plav , Spring of river Lim, 42°36'21.48"N, 19°55'40.37"E, 14.x.2005 Pešić, 10 specimens ; Montenegro, River Lim near Dobrakovo, 43° 8'26.39"N, 19°46'47.46"E, vii.2006, Pešić 3 specimens ; Skadar Lake near Vranjina village, 42°16'52.05"N, 19° 8'19.19"E, 24.iii.2005, Pešić, 2 specimens ; Skadar Lake , sublacustrine spring Karuč, 42°21'29.80"N, 19° 6'20.84"E, 09.viii.2006 Pešić & Grosser, 9 specimens ; Durmitor Mt. , little stream and pool near Crno Jezero (Black Lake), 43° 9'6.87"N, 19° 6'6.89"E, 11.viii.2006 Pešić et Grosser 8 specimens ; Podgorica , Komani Crno oko spring, 08.iv.2005, Pešić & Grosser, 3 specimens ; Podgorica , Tuzi , Skadar lake near Vitoja, 42°19'29.76"N, 19°21'45.56"E, 10.v.2012 Pešić, 5 specimens ; ibid., 30.viii.2014, Pešić & Gligorović, 10 specimens ; Podgorica , Tološi, Mareza, canal, 42°28'26.86"N, 19°10'47.37"E, 8.iv.2005 Pešić & Grosser, 16 specimens ; Šavnik , Pošćenjsko Lake, 42°58'54.10"N, 19° 4'4.49"N, 14.ix.2012, Pešić, 3 specimens .

Remarks: This species is widely distributed in Montenegro ( Šapkarev 1984, Blanchard 1905, Augener, 1936­ 37, Sket, 1968).

Distribution: Central to south­eastern Europe.