Geoplana Stimpson, 1857

Fernando Carbayo, Marta Álvarez-Presas, Cĺaudia T. Olivares, Fernando P. L. Marques, Eud Óxia M. Froehlich & Marta Riutort, 2013, Molecular phylogeny of Geoplaninae (Platyhelminthes) challenges current classification: proposal of taxonomic actions, Zoologica Scripta 42, pp. 508-528 : 519-521

Genus Geoplana Stimpson, 1857

Emended diagnosis. Geoplaninae with medium-sized body, 30–100 mm in length; body slender, with nearly parallel margins; dorsum strongly convex; eyes monolobulated, cone shaped in the anterior region of the body; muscle tube around the intestine composed of parenchymatic longitudinal muscle fibres; pharynx cylindrical; prostatic vesicle intrabulbar, narrow; thick well-delimited male genital muscle coat and; penis papilla protrusible, cylindrical, very long, extending even along the entire female genital atrium; muscle fibres of penis papilla and ejaculatory duct densely packed in a thick layer; male atrium not folded; ascending portion of the ovovitelline ducts lateral to female atrium, joining each other above it; genital canal dorso-anteriorly flexed, arising from the posterior region of the female atrium; female atrium long, not folded.

Distribution. States of Rio de Janeiro, Stao Paulo, Parańa and Santa Catarina, in Brazil.

Type species. Planaria vaginuloides Darwin, 1844 , designated by Froehlich (1955b).

Species of Geoplana .

Geoplana vaginuloides ( Darwin, 1844) Geoplana chita Froehlich, 1956b

Geoplana pulchella Schultze & Müller, 1857

Species not of Geoplana .

Geoplana apeva Froehlich, 1959 see under Obama

Geoplana argus von Graff, 1899 see under Obama

Geoplana arpi Schirch, 1929 see under Pseudogeoplana

Geoplana assu Froehlich, 1959 see under Obama

Geoplana baptistae Leal-Zanchet & Oliveira, 2012 see under Obama

Geoplana barreirana Riester, 1938 see under Barreirana

Geoplana blaseri Schirch, 1929 see under Pseudogeoplana

Geoplana braunsi von Graff, 1899 see under Obama

Geoplana bresslaui Schirch, 1929 see under Pseudogeoplana

Geoplana burmeisteri Schultze & Müller, 1857 * see under Obama

Geoplana cafusa Froehlich, 1956 see under Pasipha

Geoplana carbayoi Oliveira & Leal-Zanchet, 2012 see under Obama

Geoplana carinata Riester, 1938 * see under Obama

Geoplana carrierei von Graff, 1897 see under Obama

Geoplana cassula Froehlich, 1955 see under Paraba

Geoplana catharina Hyman, 1957 see under Obama

Geoplana crioula E. M. Froehlich, 1955 * see under Cratera

Geoplana dictyotona Riester, 1938 see under Obama

Geoplana divae Marcus, 1951 see under Obama

Geoplana elegans ( Darwin, 1844) see under Pseudogeoplana

Geoplana eudoxiae Ogren & Kawakatsu 1990 see under Obama

Geoplana eudoximariae Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 see under Obama

Geoplana evelinae Marcus, 1951 see under Obama

Geoplana ferussaci von Graff, 1897 see under Obama

Geoplana ficki Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, 2012 (in

Amaral et al., 2012) see under Obama

Geoplana franciscana Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2001 * see under Paraba

Geoplana fryi von Graff, 1899 see under Obama

Geoplana gaucha Froehlich, 1959 see under Paraba

Geoplana glieschi Froehlich, 1959 see under Obama

Geoplana goetschi sensu Marcus, 1951 * see under Imbira

Geoplana goettei Schirch, 1929 see under Paraba

Geoplana incognita Riester, 1938 see under Paraba

Geoplana itatiayana Schirch, 1929 see under Obama

Geoplana joia Froehlich, 1956b see under Cratera

Geoplana josefi Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2000 * see under Obama

Geoplana ladislavii von Graff, 1899 * see under Obama

Geoplana ladislavii sensu Froehlich, 1959 * see under Obama

Geoplana livia E. M. Froehlich, 1955b see under Obama

Geoplana marmorata Schultze & Müller, 1857 see under Obama

Geoplana metzi von Graff, 1899 see under Obama

Geoplana multicolor von Graff, 1899 * see under Paraba

Geoplana phocaica Marcus, 1951 * see under Paraba

Geoplana piriana Almeida & Carbayo, 2012 (in Almeida et al., 2012) see under Paraba

Geoplana poca Froehlich, 1958 see under Obama

Geoplana polyophthalma von Graff, 1899 see under Obama

Geoplana preta Riester, 1938 see under Paraba

Geoplana pseudovaginuloides Riester, 1938 see under Cratera

Geoplana riesteri Froehlich, 1955c see under Obama

Geoplana rubidolineata Baptista & Leal-Zanchet, 2005 * see under Paraba

Geoplana rufiventris Schultze & Müller, 1857 see under Obama

Geoplana ruiva E. M. Froehlich, 1972 see under Obama

Geoplana schubarti Froehlich, 1958 see under Obama

Geoplana sp. 1 *

see under Cratera

Geoplana sp. 2 *

see under Cratera

Geoplana sp. 4 *

see under Cratera

Geoplana sp. 5 *

see under Cratera

Geoplana sp. 6 *

see under Obama

Geoplana suva Froehlich, 1959 see under Paraba

Geoplana tamoia E. M. Froehlich, 1955b see under Cratera

Geoplana tapira Froehlich, 1958 see under Paraba

Geoplana tingauna Kishimoto & Carbayo, 2012 (in Almeida et al., 2012) see under Paraba

Geoplana trigueira E. M. Froehlich, 1955b see under Obama

Geoplana yara E. M. Froehlich, 1955b see under Cratera

Geoplana zebroides Riester, 1938 see under Barreirana

Species of Geoplana incertae sedis.

Geoplana alterfusca Hyman, 1962

Geoplana aymara du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana beckeri Froehlich, 1959

Geoplana bimbergi Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana caleta E. M. Froehlich 1978

Geoplana caucaensis Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana caya du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana chalona du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana chanca E. M. Froehlich, 1978

Geoplana chilihua du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana chiuna E. M. Froehlich, 1955b

Geoplana chulpa du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana crawfordi de Beauchamp, 1939

Geoplana excellentissima Negrete, Brusa & Damborenea, 2012

Geoplana fragai Froehlich, 1955b

Geoplana fuhrmanni Hyman, 1962

Geoplana gabriellae du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana goetschi Riester, 1938

Geoplana guacensis Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana hina Marcus, 1951

Geoplana irua Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana jandira Froehlich, 1955c

Geoplana lama du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957

Geoplana lambaya du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1958

Geoplana lareta du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1958

Geoplana mayori Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana mirim E. M. Froehlich, 1972

Geoplana mixopulla Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990

Geoplana multipunctata Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana pavani Marcus, 1951

Geoplana pichuna du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana picta Froehlich, 1956a

Geoplana placilla E. M. Froehlich, 1978

Geoplana quagga Marcus, 1951

Geoplana quenua du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1958

Geoplana quichua Marcus, 1951

Geoplana regia E. M. Froehlich, 1955b

Geoplana saima du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana shapra du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957

Geoplana sp. 2 *

Geoplana sp. 3 *

Geoplana takia du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana talpa du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951

Geoplana tamboensis Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana tirua E. M. Froehlich, 1978

Geoplana toriba Froehlich, 1958

Geoplana ubaquensis Fuhrmann, 1914

Geoplana valdiviana Grau & Carbayo, 2010

Geoplana vicuna du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957