Checklist / Haemadipsidae / Chtonobdella / Chtonobdella whitmani
Chtonobdella whitmani
· Haemadipsidae
External morphology
2 jaws, jaws denticulate with obvious salivary gland papillae, medial dorsal contrast stripe present and starting more anteriorly (basically on eyes) and ending more anteriorly than Q. bilineata, medial stripes yellow or gold on black dorsum, 5 pairs of eyes
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Terrestrial
- Region
- Australia, Pacific Islands
- Recorded from
- Central Australia
Junior synonyms
Jaabdella whitmani
Original description
Lambert, Ada M. (1899). Description of two new Species of Australian Land Leeches, with Notes on their Anatomy. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 11: 156-163.