Erpobdella vilnensis (Liskiewicz, 1925)

Fedorova, Lyudmila I. & Kaygorodova, Irina A., 2022, First data on the Hirudinea fauna of lotic ecosystems of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Russia), ZooKeys 1082, pp. 73-85 : 73

Erpobdella vilnensis (Liskiewicz, 1925)

Nephelis testacea f. nigricollis Brandes, 1900

Herpobdella testacea var. nigricollis Johansson, 1929

Geographical distribution.

Palaearctic region. Erpobdella vilnensis is rather a common leech species that occurs in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe ( Nesemann and Neubert 1999). The easternmost distribution records were from Kyrgyzstan ( Jueg et al. 2013) and eastern Kazakhstan ( Kaygorodova and Fedorova 2016).

Locations.

Ob River (60°57'56"N, 68°46'38"E; 61°15'27.4"N, 73°20'56.9"E), Shaitanskaya River (61°4'50.4"N, 69°28'51.9"E), Negus-yah River (60°11'55.0"N, 74°12'54.0"E), Lungunigyi River (60°11'43.0"N, 74°12'20.0"E).