Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus 1761)

Madill, Jacqueline & Hovingh, Peter, 2007, Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia, Zootaxa 1657, pp. 1-21 : 6

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus 1761)

Common name: White leech

General distribution: Holarctic ( Figure 3 A). Newfoundland: Literature: Pawlowski (1948) at Deer Lake.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Distribution of rare leeches. Circles, 2004 survey; squares, literature locations (Pawlowski 1948, Davies 1973); triangles, museum specimens. A, Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus); B, Theromyzon sp.; C, Haemopis marmorata (Say): circles and squares; Haemopis lateromaculata Mathers: triangles; D, Haemopis grandis (Verrill) and Erpobdella parva (Moore): both museum specimens found at the same site (Fox Island- see text).