Dina lineata lineata (Müller, 1774), Muller, 1774

Darabi-Darestani, Kaveh, Sari, Alireza & Sarafrazi, Alimorad, 2016, Five new records and an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran, Zootaxa 4170 (1), pp. 41-70 : 43-46

Dina lineata lineata (Müller, 1774)

( Fig. 4 and Plate I 3 A&B)

Material examined. ZUTC-ann 1025, 1032, 1033, 1044.

Forshe village, 20km to Kashmar , Khorasan Jonoubi, (N 35° 19´35.0½, E 59° 12´55.2½), 1227m, ZUTC 5995 . Behelgord Qanat, Behelgord village, Sarbishe-Zahedan road, Khorasan Jonoubi, (N 32° 46΄ 33.9˝, E 59° 26΄ 58.1˝), 1844m, ZUTC 5999 . Shokat-Abad village, 6km to Birjand, Sarbishe-Birjand road, Khorasan Jonoubi, (N 32° 51´09.1½, E 59° 17´50.5½), 1534m, ZUTC 6000 . Tooskestan to Charbagh, Jahan Nama protected area, Golestan, (N 36° 37´07.2½ E 54° 16´23.32½), 2149m, ZUTC 6002 . Alang Sofla Heights, Ramin-Sharoud road, Golestan, (N 36° 50´35.5½, E 55° 14´55.3½), 1920m, ZUTC 6004 . Solouklee protected wetland, Golestan National Park, (N 37° 24΄ 47.8˝, E 55° 46΄ 26.6˝), 1321m, ZUTC 6006 . Bashman, Anzali , Guilan, (N 37° 29΄ 59.2˝, E 49° 21΄ 11.1˝), - 15m, ZUTC 6024 . Taleb Abad Anzali , Guilan, (N 37° 21΄ 28.8˝, E 49° 33΄ 26.5˝), - 15m, ZUTC 6026 . Salafchegan , Qom, (N 34° 28΄ 49.41˝, E 50° 28΄ 43.34 ˝), 1383m, ZUTC 6020 . Sarab-e-fas, Kangavar , Kermanshah, (N 34° 35΄ 50.5˝, E 47° 54΄ 47.2˝), 2116m, ZUTC 6038 . Asiab kharabe water fall, 50 Km to Jolfa from Khoda Afarin , Azerbaijan Gharbi, (N 38° 51΄ 25.9˝, E 45° 51΄ 22.7˝), 969m, ZUTC 6060 ( Fig. 1 ).

General distribution and habitats. A common species in Palaearctic ( Bielecki et al. 2011; Ropelewska et al. 2014). Distributed in Denmark, Germany and many countries in the southwestern Mediterranean part of the western Palaearctic like Spain (e.g. Grosser et al. 2014), Italy, Balkan ( Nesemann & Neubert 1999), also reported by Bennike (1940), Grosser & Pešić (2006) and Salimi et al. (2011) from western Iran. Living in littoral zones of shallow ponds and lakes or banks of slow running streams underside of stones or in muddy substrate and sometimes burrowing in decaying materials in water like logs or foliages.

Descriptive features and remarks. Medium sized cylindrical leeches (to 50 mm). Anterior part of body cylindrical. Two lateral keels posterio-laterally. Male and female genital pores in furrow of clitellar annuli b2/a2 and c11/c12, respectively. Genital pores separated by 2 or 2.5 annuli. Body uni-colored red-brown with one or two pairs of dorsal dark para-median stripes. Ventrally brighter than dorsal and often light red. Shallow furrow between annuli.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of the known leech fauna of Iran. Circles: Localities of present study. Squares: Localities from available literature.

FIGURE 4. Dina lineata lineata Dorsal view of anterior and posterior parts (a, b & c) of the body including cephalic and caudal suckers respectively. Ventral view of clitellar region (d). M: male genital pore and F: female genital pore.