Glossiphonia nebulosa Kalbe, 1964

Grosser, Clemens, Pešić, Vladimir & Gligorović, Bogić, 2015, A checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of Montenegro, Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (1), pp. 20-28 : 21

Glossiphonia nebulosa Kalbe, 1964

New records: Pljevlja , spring Prkos, 43°21'12.17"N, 19°20'41.30"E, 01.v.2008 Pešić, 11 specimens ; Podgorica , Mareza spring, 42°28'47.92"N, 19°10'56.09"E, 08.iv.2005 Pešić & Grosser, 9 specimens ; ibid., 08.x.2005 Pešić, 2 specimens ; Podgorica , Mareza, canals, 42°28'26.86"N, 19°10'47.37"E, 04.ii.2006 Pešić, one specimen ; ibid., 08.iv.2005 Pešić & Grosser, 8 specimens ; Skadar Lake , sublacustrine spring Karuč, 42°21'29.80"N, 19° 6'20.84"E, 09.viii.2006 Pešić et Grosser, 6 specimens ; Cetinje , River Crnojevića, stillwater channel near River Crnojevića, 42°21'17.78"N, 19°1'11.14"E, 09.viii.2006, Pešić & Grosser, 16 specimens ; little stream and pool near Crno Jezero (Black Lake), 43° 9'6.87"N, 19° 6'6.89"E, 11.viii.2006, Pešić & Grosser, 5 specimens .

Remarks: This species was found in the glacial Lake Plav in north­eastern Montenegro ( Sket 1968) and recently reported from the Skadar Lake ( Utevsky et al. 2013). The latter record represents the southernmost spot of the species range in Europe known so far. However, the specimens from Skadar Lake cleraly differs from typical nebulosa specimens by the reduced papillae ( Fig. 1B). Additional material and application of molecular techniques could be helpful for understanding the taxonomic position of the populations with reduced papillae from Montenegro assigned to G. nebulosa .

Distribution: Glossiphonia nebulosa occurs in Central Europe, along the complete length of the Danube and