Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1973), Kosel, 1973

Schenková, Jana, Sychra, Jan, Košel, Vladimír, Kubová, Nela & Horecký, Jakub, 2009, Freshwater leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida) of the Czech Republic (Central Europe): check-list, new records, and remarks on species distributions, Zootaxa 2227, pp. 32-52 : 40

Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1973)

Synonym: Batracobdella slovaca Košel, 1973

Records: Dyje River, Břeclav [7166], 48°48'40''N / 16°48'59''E, ( Košel 1999a); Dyje River, Břeclav [7267], 48°46'22''N / 16°52'43''E, ( Košel 1999a); Dyje River, Břeclav [7267], 48˚43'25''N / 16˚53'07''E, lgt. PK (2006), det. PK (2008) ( Figure 2 ).

Habitats: Limited information suggests that Glossiphonia slovaca occurs in larger lowland rivers.

Status: Both records of this species in the Czech Republic were collected from Dyje River in the southernmost part of the country, which limit its northern range margin ( Grosser & Nesemann 2004). Because of its scarceness, G. slovaca was classified as vulnerable in the Red list of threatened species in the Czech Republic ( Schenková & Košel 2005).

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FIGURE 2. The distribution of selected leech species (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinida: the families Glossiphoniidae and Piscicolidae) in the Czech Republic recorded during the years 1998 through 2008, based upon published and unpublished records, and specimens collected during this study.