Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)

Darabi-Darestani, Kaveh, Sari, Alireza & Sarafrazi, Alimorad, 2016, Five new records and an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran, Zootaxa 4170 (1), pp. 41-70 : 56-60

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC9F2C17-83E8-4E2B-86AA-E3657DBEFE3C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6079301
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E68786-FFCF-FF9A-F5F3-CABEDC523882
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)
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Treatment

General distribution and habitats. A circum-Mediterranean species. In addition, recorded from Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula, the Near and Middle East, the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa ( Nesemann & Neubert 1999). Commonly found in aquatic habitats frequently visited by herds of wild or domestic animals.

Remarks. This species was recorded by Grosser & Pešić (2006) from Kerman, southern Iran.

PLATE IV. 1: Trocheta haskonis (Scale 1cm), 2: Haemopis sanguisuga (Scale 1cm), 3: Hirudo orientalis (Scale 1cm).