Dina farsa Grosser & Pešić, 2006

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 : 43

Dina farsa Grosser & Pešić, 2006

( Fig. 2 and Plate I 1 A&B)

Material examined. Kamsorkh village, Rayan , Kerman, (N 29° 35΄ 51.05˝, E 57° 26΄ 14.61˝), ~ 2000m, ZUTC 6050 ( Fig. 1 ).

General distribution and habitats. Reported by (Grosser & Pešić 2008) from Iran and usually found in mountainous streams and springs of southern parts of Iran.

Descriptive features and remarks. Mouth wide. Dorsally reddish brown with a pale mid-dorsal stripe, paramedian stripes hardly visible. Papillae absent. Ventrally pale white or reddish white. Genital pores separated by two annuli.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of the known leech fauna of Iran. Circles: Localities of present study. Squares: Localities from available literature.

FIGURE 2. Dina farsa Dorsal (a) and ventral view (b) of the body. M: male genital pore and F: female genital pore.