Hirudinea

Lai, Yi-Te, Chang, Chih-Han & Chen, Jiun-Hong, 2009, Two new species of Helobdella Blanchard 1896 (Hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) from Taiwan, with a checklist of hirudinea fauna of the island, Zootaxa 2068, pp. 27-46 : 41-43

Checklist of Hirudinea fauna in Taiwan

Families after Sawyer (1986); remarks and common synonyms (syn.) listed in brackets. Codes: * = exotic and introduced, - = native or endemic, # = uncertain affinities. For some species not all synonyms are given here as these may be readily found elsewhere (e.g. Yang, 1996).

Suborder Rhynchobdellida

Family GLOSSIPHONIIDAE

1. - Alboglossiphonia lata ( Oka, 1910)

[ Glossiphonia weberi lata Oka, 1910 ; Glossiphonia lata Kaburaki, 1921 ; Alboglossiphonia lata Sawyer, 1986 ]

2. - Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) [many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]

3. - Batracobdella kasmiana ( Oka, 1910)

[Hemiclipsis casmiana Oka, 1910; Hemiclipsis kasmiana Chen, 1962 ; Batracobdella kasmiana Soós,1969 ]

4. - Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824)

[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]

5. - Placobdella okai Soós, 1969

[ Placobdella ornata (nec Verrill, 1872) Oka, 1929; Haementaria (Placobdella) okai Autrum, 1936 ; Placobdella okai Soós, 1969 ; Placobdelloides okai Sawyer, 1986 ]

6. * Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987

[syn. Helobdella striata Kutschera, 1985 ; Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987 ; Helobdella papillornata Govedich et Davies, 1998 ; Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 2004 ; Helobdella europaea Siddall et Budinoff, 2005 ]

7. *? Helobdella octatestisaca n. sp. Lai et Chang, 2008

8. *? Helobdella melananus n. sp. Lai et Chang, 2008

Suborder Arhynchobdellida

Family HIRUDINIDAE

9. - Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886

[ Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886 ; Asiaticobdella nipponia Soós, 1969 ]

10. - Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson, 1842)

[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]

11. - Poecilobdella granulosa (Savigny, 1822)

[ Sanguisuga granulosa Savigny, 1822 ; Hirudo granulosa De Blainville, 1827 ; Limnatis (Poecilobdella) granulosa Blanchard, 1897 ; Limnatis granulosa Khan, 1912 ; Hirudinaria (Poecilobdella) granulosa Moore, 1927 ; Poecilobdella granulosa Soós, 1969 ]

12. - Dinobdella ferox (Blanchard, 1896)

[ Trocheta subviridis Murie, 1865 ; Whitmania ferox Blanchard, 1896 ; Haemopis birmanica Kaburaki, 1921 ; Dinobdella ferox Moore, 1927 ]

Family HAEMOPIDAE

13. - Whitmania laevis (Baird, 1869)

[ Hirudo laevis Baird, 1869 ; Hirudo quinquelineata Grube, 1871 ; Whitmania laevis Blanchard 1896 ; Whitmania pigra var. formosana Oka, 1910 ; Whitmania interrupta Oka, 1928 ; Whitmania quinqueleneata Oka, 1928 ]

14. - Whitmania acranulata (Whitman, 1886)

[ Leptostoma acranulata Whitman, 1886 ; Whitmania acranulata Blanchard, 1888 ; Haemopis acranulatum Oka, 1928 ; Haemopis gracilis Moore, 1930 ; Hirudo taivana Oka, 1928 ; Whitmania gracilis Soós, 1969 ]

Family HAEMADIPSIDAE

15. - Haemadipsa japonica Whitman, 1886

[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996). The species found in Ryukyu islands has been named as Haemadipsa japonica var. ryukyuana because of the different external morphology from H. japonica ( Oka, 1910) . The specimens we collected in Taiwan matched the description of external morphology of H. japonica var. Ryukyuana . However, the obvious differences between H. japonica var. Ryukyuana and H. japonica inferred that they may be two different species.]

16. - Tritetrabdella taiwana ( Oka, 1910)

[ Haemadipsa japonica var. taiwana Oka, 1910 ; Tritetrabdella taiwana Sawyer, 1986 ]

Barbronia weberi Moore, 1927 ]

18. - Odontobdella blanchardi ( Oka, 1910)

[ Scaptobdella blanchardi Oka, 1910 ; Odontobdella blanchardi Oka, 1923 ]