Luteostriata_ernesti

<i>Luteostriata ernesti</i>

Luteostriata ernesti

Species of flatworm

Luteostriata ernesti is a species of Brazilian land planarian in the subfamily Geoplaninae.[1]

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Description

Luteostriata ernesti is a medium to small land planarian, reaching up to 70 millimetres (2.8 in) in length when crawling. The dorsal color is light-yellow with five dark longitudinal stripes: one median, two paramedian and two lateral. In most specimens the median and paramedian stripes are the thinnest and the lateral the broadest, but in some populations the paramedian ones are the broadest. The anterior end has a slight orange tinge and the ventral side is yellowish white.[1]

Etymology

The specific epithet ernesti honors the zoologist Ernst Marcus, who first described the species, but misidentified it as Geoplana marginata Schultze & Müller, 1858.[1]

Distribution

Luteostrata ernesti is found in Brazil, from São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul, in areas of Araucaria moist forest, Subtropical Atlantic forest and Seasonal forests,[2] as well as in old pine plantations with a well-developed understore understory.[3] It occurs in the São Francisco de Paula National Forest and in the São Paulo Botanical Garden.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2006). "A species complex in the genus Notogynaphallia Ogren and Kawakatsu (Platyhelminthes : Tricladida : Terricola) with a taxonomic revision of homonyms of Geoplana marginata Schultze & Müller and a reinterpretation of Notogynaphallia caissara (Froehlich) anatomy". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 136 (1): 81–100.
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    Carbayo, Fernando; Froehlich, Eudóxia Maria (2008). "Estado do conhecimento dos macroturbelários (Platyhelminthes) do Brasil". Biota Neotropica (in Portuguese). 8 (4): 177–197. doi:10.1590/S1676-06032008000400018. ISSN 1676-0603.Open access icon
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    Oliveira, Simone Machado; Boll, Piter Kehoma; Baptista, Vanessa dos Anjos; Leal-Zanchet, Ana Maria (2014). "Effects of pine invasion on land planarian communities in an area covered by Araucaria moist forest". Zoological Studies. 53 (1). doi:10.1186/s40555-014-0019-1. ISSN 1810-522X.Open access icon
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