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Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2025.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.9

First record of the hematophagous leech Limnatis paluda (Hirudinea: Praobdellidae) in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, with comments on its geographic distribution and environmental preferences

Shabnam Farzali ; Department of Aquaculture and Fish Diseases, Fisheries Faculty, Firat University, Elazig, Turkiye *
Mair Huseynov ; The department of life sciences Khazar University, Mahsati Street 41, AZ1096, Baku, Azerbaijan
Youness Mabrouki ; Biotechnology,Conservation and Valorisation of Natural Resources Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mehraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco
Asif Manafov ; Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, A. Abbaszadeh St., 115, Sabail district, Baku, AZ1004, Azerbaijan
Aladdin Eyvazov ; Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, A. Abbaszadeh St., 115, Sabail district, Baku, AZ1004, Azerbaijan
Aynur Hajiagayeva ; Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, A. Abbaszadeh St., 115, Sabail district, Baku, AZ1004, Azerbaijan
Andriy Utevsky ; Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Maidan Svobody, 4, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine
Serge Utevsky ; Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Maidan Svobody, 4, Kharkiv 61022, Ukraine

* Corresponding author.

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Abstract

This research provides a detailed report on a new record of Limnatis paluda (Tennent, 1859) from the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan, emphasising its significance and the morphological features that confirm its identification. This finding is particularly significant as it fills a geographical gap, provides insights into the distribution patterns of Limnatis leeches and underscores their reliance on water bodies frequented by livestock. The new record corroborates the previously hypothesised distribution range of the species extending from Central Asia to the South Caucasus and the Middle East.

Keywords

Annelida; Clitellata; parasites; South Caucasus; biogeography

Hrčak ID:

330484

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/330484

Publication date:

31.7.2025.

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