Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900)

Baturina, Maria A., Kaygorodova, Irina A. & Loskutova, Olga A., 2020, New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia), ZooKeys 910, pp. 43-78 : 43

65. Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900)

Nephelis testacea f. nigricollis Brandes, 1900

Herpobdella testacea var. nigricollis Johansson, 1929

Geographic distribution.

Palaearctic region. The E. nigricollis geographic range is in the northern part of Eurasia with the Yenisei River as the eastern border. In the tundra zone of Russia, according to Lukin (1976), this leech is most widespread and numerous in water bodies of the Komi region and the eastern part of Arkhangelsk Region.

Location.

There is no specimen in our collection from the Kharbey area.

Ecology.

According to Nesemann and Neubert (1999), E. nigricollis belongs to the potamal fauna and prefers large rivers; in contrast, Lukin (1976) asserts that this leech is typical for small lakes and natural stagnant water bodies located in the floodplain of rivers.