Theromyzon maculosum (Rathke, 1862)

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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.910.48486
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scientific name	Theromyzon maculosum (Rathke, 1862)
status

Treatment

59. Theromyzon maculosum (Rathke, 1862)

Clepsine maculosa Rathke, 1862

Clepsine maculosa Grube, 1871

Glossiphonia maculosa Vaillant, 1890

Protoclepsine sexoculata Moore, 1898

Protoclepsis meyeri Livanow, 1902

Protoclepsis garjaewi Livanow, 1902

Theromyzon sexoculata Johansson, 1909

Theromyzon maculosa Pawłowski 1936

Geographic distribution.

Palearctic region. In tundra zone of Russia: it was reported as P. maculosum from Komi Republic region ( Lukin 1957, 1962).

Location.

No specimen in our collection.

Ecology.

This leech normally lives in s a temperate or even relatively cold climate; prefers stagnant freshwater; it parasitises waterfowl, mainly ducks and geese.