Haemadipsa picta (lat.) - A type of jaw or spineless leech from the Haemadipsidae family. Southeast Asia [1] [2] .
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Distribution
Southeast Asia : Indochina, Indonesia, Taiwan [1] [2] .
Description
The length of Haemadipsa picta is 13–33 mm. The diameter of the front suction cup is 1.3-2.5 mm, and the back - 2.5-3.7 mm. It is easily recognizable by the longitudinally striped reddish-brown dosum: a wide bluish-gray, yellow-greenish, or multicolored mid-paramedian field contains from three to five black or dark brown torn strips inside. There is also a white or pale yellowish longitudinal marginal strip with dark spots. The ventral part is evenly tan [1] [2] .
They feed mainly on medium and large sized mammals, including humans. They are found on bushes and grasses at a height of about 1 meter above the ground in humid tropical forests. They move quickly and actively, and even, as you know, fall on travelers from higher bushes or leaves. They are attached to the hands, arms, shoulders and even the neck of passers-by. The bites of this species are relatively painful and difficult to treat, therefore the general name is “stinging land leech” (“burning earth leech”) or “tiger leech” (“tiger leech”) [1] [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Lai, Yi-Te; Nakano, Takafumi; Chen, Jiun-Hong. Three species of land leeches from Taiwan, Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, and an updated description of Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka ) // ZooKeys : journal. - 2011. - Vol. 139 . - P. 1-22 . - DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.139.1711 . - PMID 22259307 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Chen, Jiun-Hong. Haemadipsa picta . BiotaTaiwanica: Clitellates . Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility. Date of treatment January 17, 2016.
Literature
- Hugh L. Keegan, Seiichi Toshioka, Hiroshi Suzuki: Blood Sucking Asian Leeches of Families Hirudidae [sic] and Haemadipsidae. US Army Medical Command, Japan, 1968.
- Yi-Te Lai, Takafumi Nakano, Jiun-Hong Chen: Three species of land leeches from Taiwan, Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, and an updated description of Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka). In: ZooKeys. Nummer 139, 2011, S. 1-22, DOI : 10.3897 / zookeys.139.1711 , PMID 22259307 , PMC 3260908 .
- Moore JP : Arhynchobdellae. In: WA Harding, JP Moore (Hrsg.): The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hirudinea. Taylor and Francis, London 1927. S. 97-298, hier 254ff.
- Moore JP (1929): Leeches from Borneo with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences Philadelphia 81, S. 267-295.
- Soos A. (1967): Identification key to the leech (Hirudinoidea) genera of the world with a catalog of the species. IV. Family: Haemadipsidae. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 13, S. 417-432.