TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grosser, Clemens
A1  - Barjadze, Shalva
A1  - Maghradze, Eter
A1  - Shavadze, Lado
A1  - Pešić, Vladimir
A1  - Faille, Arnaud
T1  - On the taxonomic status of Dina ratschaensis Kobakhidze, 1958 with a description of two new species – Dina imeretiensis sp. nov. and D. samegreloensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae)
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - Two species of leeches were described from Georgia in the past, Dina ratschaensis Kobakhidze, 1958 from the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region and Trocheta ariescornuta Grosser, Barjadze & Maghradze, 2021 from the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. Both species were the only known typical representatives of cave leeches in Georgia. Recently, two more species of the genus Dina R. Blanchard, 1894 have been found in karst caves in this country. These leeches are morphologically similar to D. ratschaensis, from which they differ in the shape of the reproductive system, primarily the shape of the cornua of the genital atrium and the shape and extension of the vasa deferentia and ovisacs, justifying the description of two new species, Dina imeretiensis Grosser, Barjadze & Maghradze sp. nov. from the Imereti region and Dina samegreloensis Grosser, Barjadze & Shavadze sp. nov. from the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. Data on the cave dwelling invertebrate communities in the studied caves are provided. Molecular data are provided, and a phylogenetic tree based on Cox1 sequences of Dina spp. and related genera is provided and discussed.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 891:110-127 
KW  - cave leeches
KW  - stygobiont
KW  - Georgia
KW  - Caucasus
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/72236
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-722361
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2023
IS  - 891
SP  - 110
EP  - 127
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -