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Haemadipsa japonica
· Haemadipsidae
External morphology
red-brownish dorsum with a mid-dorsal longitudinal dark stripe plus a wide yellowish mid-dorsal field bordered by two paramedian dark stripes, never spotted; marginal stripe continuous, pale yellowish; venter uniformly dark yellowish or red-brownish.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Terrestrial
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Japan
Taxonomic notes
previously a subspecies of Haemadipsa zeylanica
Original description
Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.