Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Grosser, Clemens, Pešić, Vladimir & Gligorović, Bogić, 2015, A checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of Montenegro, Ecologica Montenegrina 2 (1), pp. 20-28 : 22-23

Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

New records: Cetinje , River Crnojevića, stillwater channel near River Crnojevića, 42°21'17.78"N, 19°1'11.14"E, 9.viii.2006, Pešić & Grosser, 2 specimens ; Durmitor Mt. , little stream and pool near Crno Jezero (Black Lake), 43° 9'6.87"N, 19° 6'6.89"E, 11.viii.2006 Pešić & Grosser, 4 specimens ; Šavnik , Pošćenjsko Lake, 42°58'54.10"N, 19° 4'4.49"N, 14.ix.2012, Pešić, 9 specimens .

Remarks: New for Montenegro.

Distribution

Remarks: This species was subdivided in the past in three varieties, recently regarded as separate species within the genus Alboglossiphonia : A. heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) (syn. G. h. var. papillosa (Braun, 1805)) , A. hyalina (O. F. Müller, 1774) and A. striata (Apáthy, 1888) .

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita was reported from Skadar Lake and a spring in Pljevlja ( Blanchard 1905, Sket 1968, respectively) but without information which variety they found. Therefore, we can not assign their findings of G. heteroclita to any of the aforementioned Alboglossiphonia ­ species.

Distribution: Holarctic.