Bogga Grau and Sluys, 2012

Grau, José Horacio, Sluys, Ronald, Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria & Carbayo, Fernando, 2012, Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae), Journal of Natural History 46 (25 - 26), pp. 1529-1546 : 1535

Genus Bogga Grau and Sluys , gen. nov.

Diagnosis

Geoplaninae with large, broad, and flattened body; anterior third gradually narrowing; posterior end rounded or obtuse. Eyes and sensory pits encircle the anterior end of the body. Sensory pits distributed in a single row. SMI: 9–10%. Subepidermal and parenchymal musculature without cephalic specializations. Parenchymal longitudinal muscles absent. Male copulatory apparatus with eversible penis. Male atrium lined with multiple, large musculo-secretory papillae. Vagina emerging from the posterodorsal section of the female atrium; ovovitelline ducts approaching female canal from the anterodorsal side. Shell glands opening into the distal region of the oviducts. Common glandular duct very reduced or absent. Adenodactyls absent. Type species: Geoplana bogotensis Von Graff, 1899 .

Distribution

Bogotá, Colombia.

Etymology

The generic epithet refers to a combination of the names Bogotá and Amaga . Gender: feminine.