Phagocata obscura Stocchino & Sluys, 2013

Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4532 (4), pp. 539-552 : 546

Phagocata obscura Stocchino & Sluys, 2013

The recent description of Phagocata obscura from a cave in southwestern Sardinia (Cuccuru Tiria Cave) represents the first fully described species of the genus recorded from Italy and the first anophthalmous species of Phagocata reported from Europe. The species is also anatomically well-distinguishable from its European congeners because of its principally prepharyngeal testes ( Stocchino et al., 2013c) ( Fig. 3 ).

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FIGURE 3. Geographic distribution of species of the genera Dendrocoelum, Atrioplanaria, Phagocata and Crenobia recorded from Sardinia. 1, Punta della Scomunica Spring, Asinara Island National Park; 2, Elighe Mannu Spring, Asinara Island National Park; 3, Sassari surroundings; 4, Su Coloru Cave; 5, Rio S. Stefano and Rio Stagnali, Caprera Island, La Maddalena Archipelago National Park; 6, Monte Majore Cave; 7, Sa Ucca ‘e su Peltusu Cave; 8, unnamed spring at Alà dei Sardi; 9, Gennargentu Massif; 10, Cuccuru Tiria Cave; 11, Baccu Arrosu Mine.