First records of two alien land flatworms (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) from Northeastern Italy

Zootaxa. 2020 Feb 12;4732(2):zootaxa.4732.2.8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.8.

Abstract

During a period of intense rainfall (May 2019), several specimens of land flatworms were collected from a private garden in Palazzolo dello Stella (Friuli Venezia Giulia, Udine, Italy: 45°47'40.5"N, 13°05'17.2"E). Planarians were found both in a cultivated part of the garden and in a part covered with gravel and with trees and shrubs (Pyracantha sp., Olea europaea, Pyrus communis). The animals were observed under branches, stones, tufa blocks, and pots close to a small artificial pond, but also in other parts of the garden, as well as inside buildings.

Keywords: Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Italy
  • Olea*
  • Planarians*
  • Pyrus*
  • Trees