Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000

Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 4532 (4), pp. 539-552 : 541

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scientific name	Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000
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Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000 View in CoL

Dugesia leporii View in CoL is an endemic Sardinian species restricted to a single locality (Rio Flumentepido) in the southwestern part of the island ( Pala et al., 2000) ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). The species reproduces only sexually and is distinguishable from its congeners by a peculiar shape of its penis papilla and by a combination of the other features of its copulatory apparatus. Karyological studies previously performed highlighted a diploid chromosome complement of 2n = 16; n = 8, with a karyotype characterized by six metacentric chromosomes and two submetacentric chromosomes ( Pala et al., 1999).

References

Pala, M., Casu, S. & Stocchino, G. A. (1999) Karyology and karyotype analysis of diploid freshwater planarian populations of the Dugesia gonocephala group (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) found in Sardinia. Hydrobiologia, 392, 113 - 119. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1003534507632

Pala, M., Stocchino, G. A., Corso, G. & Casu, S. (2000) A new species of freshwater planarian belonging to the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia. Italian Journal of Zoology, 67, 379 - 383. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 11250000009356343

Figures

FIGURE 1. Geographic distribution of species of the genus Dugesia recorded from Sardinia. 1, Rio d’Auteri reservoir, Asinara Island National Park; 2, Rio Mannu di Portotorres; 3, Fiume Silis; 4, Rio Lu Bagnu; 5, Fiume Coghinas; 6, Fiume Liscia; 7, spring and wells on the Tavolara Island Protected Area; 8, springs and unnamed rivulets on the Molara Island Protected Area; 9, Rio Su Lernu; 10, Rio Cuga; 11, Rio de sa Pazzosa; 12, Rio Torre Argentina; 13, Fiume Temo; 14, Sa Ucca ‘e su Peltusu Cave; 15, Rio S’Abba Mala; 16, Rio Mannu di Scano di Montiferro; 17, Rio Santa Caterina; 18, Fiume Tirso; 19, Su Cantaru Spring, Rio di Siniscola basin; 20, Fiume Cedrino; 21, Rio Osalla; 22, Rio Mannu di Milis; 23, Rio di Monte Arci; 24, Fiume Flumendosa; 25, Rio Mannu di Cagliari; 26, Fiume Quirra; 27, Rio Acqua ‘e sa Murta, S. Antioco Island; 28, Rio Triga, S. Antioco Island; 29, Rio ‘e sa Canna, S. Antioco Island; 30, Rio Flumentepido; 31, Rio Gutturu Mannu; 32, Rio Geremeas. New records are indicated by asterisks.