Melloplana Faubel, 1983

Fig. 6 C–D

Melloplana Faubel, 1983: 117, fig. 37b.

Type species

Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) .

Diagnosis (after Faubel 1983)

Pleioplanidae with tentacular and cerebral eye-spots; tentacles lacking. Male copulatory apparatus oriented backwards with seminal vesicle, without stylet and with penis papilla. Female apparatus usually with vagina bulbosa. Lang’s vesicle present.

Valid species:

Melloplana ferruginea (Schmarda, 1859) .

Melloplana japonica (Kato, 1937) .