Erpobdella monostriata (Lindenfeld & Pietruszynski, 1890)

Baturina, Maria A., Kaygorodova, Irina A. & Loskutova, Olga A., 2020, New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia), ZooKeys 910, pp. 43-78 : 43

64. Erpobdella monostriata (Lindenfeld & Pietruszynski, 1890)

Nephelis octoculata var. monostriata Lindenfeld & Pietruszynski, 1890

Erpobdella vilnensis (Liskiewitz, 1925) in part

Geographic distribution.

Widespread in the Palaearctic region and occurs from the Netherland ( van Haaren et al. 2004) in the west to the Voronezh region of Russia in the east ( Utevsky et al. 2015). In tundra zone of Russia: this Erpobdella is relatively low in numbers in the northwestern European part of Russia: basin of the Northern Dvina, Vychegda and Usa rivers where, E. nigricollis dominates according to Lukin (1957).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°32'48.3"N, 62°53'49.7"E; 67°34'34.3"N; 62°52'17.4"E), Lake D1 (67°36'2.2"N, 62°54'8.2"E; 67°35'52.8"N, 62°53'52.6"E).

Ecology.

The species was found in Arctophila thickets in a small body of water, and in silt of Lake Kharbey.