Helobdella socimulcensis Caballero, 1931

Tessler, Michael, Siddall, Mark E. & Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro, 2018, Leeches from Chiapas, Mexico, with a new species of Erpobdella (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae), American Museum Novitates 2018 (3895), pp. 1-1 : 1-

Helobdella socimulcensis Caballero, 1931

Figures 16–17

The presence of dorsal surface with complex pattern of longitudinal stripes and metameric papillae; nuchal scute absent; eyespots in one pair, punctiform, well separated from each other is consistent with the description of Helobdella socimulcensis (see Salas-Montiel et al., 2014). Found on the underside of submerged rocks and plants. Non-blood-feeding (liquidosomatophagous). New locality records: Río Fogótico, Arcotete, Chiapas, Mexico (16°44′46.5″N, 92°34′17.24″W; 2298 m), collected January 23, 2016, by M. Tessler, J. Arroyave, S. Contreras, and A. Oceguera- Figueroa ( CNI 29 ). GenBank cox1 barcode sequence accessions: MG 821615 and MG 821616 .

Figures

FIGURES 16–19. Rhynchobdellida from Chiapas, Mexico. Helobdella socimulcensis: 16. dorsal view, 17. ventral view. Placobdella ringueleti: 18. dorsal view, 19. ventral view.