Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)

Poly, William J., 2018, Range Extension for the Elusive New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 (Hirudinida: Macrobdellidae), in South Carolina, U. S. A., with Notes on Morphology, Coloration, and Biology, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (12), pp. 347-359 : 359

Macrobdella decora

MASSACHUSETTS: MCZ 56596 (formerly in University of Massachusetts, Amherst collection as UMA AN.404), n = 2, Rutland Brook , Barre , Worcester Co., 8 August 1988, A. Richmond, S. Jackson ; MAINE: MCZ 84111 , n = 2, Proctor Pond, Albany , Crooked / Presumpscot river system, Oxford Co., 44°14´36˝N, 70°47´56˝W, 15 July 1992, EMAP Program, U.S. EPA ; SOUTH CAROLINA: Upper Lake Jemiki [also spelled Jemike] ( Notes : the lower [downstream] and smaller of the two ponds is where swimmers were attacked by leeches according to the current landowner, Donald Payne and his two sons. Years ago, the lakes were drained and dried, which apparently eradicated the leech population [in conversation with W.J. Poly, 2011]), approx. 6 km WNW of Walhalla at end of Lake Jemiki Road (WA-3), Oconee Co. (no voucher specimens; Sawyer and Pass [1972]) .