Placobdella costata (Fr. Müller, 1846)

Grosser, Clemens, Pešić, Vladimir & Gligorović, Bogić, 2015, A checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of Montenegro, Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (1), pp. 20-28 : 23

Placobdella costata (Fr. Müller, 1846)

New records: Podgorica , Mareza, Canals, 42°28'26.86"N, 19°10'47.37"E, 04.02.2006 Pešić, one specimen ; Spuž , small spring near the Zeta river bank, 42°30'39.27"N, 19°11'58.17"E, 10.viii.2010, Pešić, one specimen ; Skadar Lake , Malo Blato, village Bobija, 42°20'45.33"N, 19° 9'15.95"E, 22.v.2008 Pešić, one specimen ; Danilovgrad , River Sušica, Orašja Jama, 42°31'53.43"N, 19°5'36.77"E, 10.viii.2010 Pešić, one specimen ; Danilovgrad , pond between Lazine and Kosić village, 42°32'33.68"N, 19°7'23.05"E, 04.iv.2005, 04.iv.2005, Pešić & Grosser, 4 specimens ; ibid., 12.viii.2006 Pešić & Grosser, 5 specimens ; ibid., 12.viii.2010 Pešić & Grosser, one specimen ; ibid., 12.viii.2010 Pešić, one specimen .

Remarks: This species was reported by Šapkarev (1984) from the Skadar Lake (near Virpazar).

Distribution: Mediterranean species, known eastwards to the Ukraine, in the southeast from Greece, Turkey, the Levant to the southern Arabian Peninsula ( Nesemann and Neubert 1999).