Abstract
Two new leech species (Hirudinida) representing the families Glossiphoniidae (Glossiphonia balcanica n. sp.) and Erpobdellidae (Dina prokletijaca n. sp.) are described. The populations from Montenegro assigned by Utevsky et al. (2013) and Grosser et al. (2015) to Glossiphonia nebulosa Kalbe, 1964 represent an new species, here described as G. balcanica n. sp. The new species can be easily be separated from Glossiphonia nebulosa by the reduction of the papillae. Dina prokletijaca n. sp. closely resembles D. dinarica Sket, 1968 and D. montana Sket, 1968 from which can be distinguished in the combination of the small and stocky body, dorsal surface with two wide and dark paramedian longitudinal stripes and ovisacs reaching the fourth somite after the female genital pore, and curled in their entire course. A key to the species of Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816 and Dina R. Blanchard, 1892 from the Western Balkans is presented.
Highlights
The populations from Montenegro assigned by Utevsky et al (2013) and Grosser et al (2015) to Glossiphonia nebulosa Kalbe, 1964 represent an new species, here described as G. balcanica n. sp
Dina prokletijaca n. sp. closely resembles D. dinarica Sket, 1968 and D. montana Sket, 1968 from which can be distinguished in the combination of the small and stocky body, dorsal surface with two wide and dark paramedian longitudinal stripes and ovisacs reaching the fourth somite after the female genital pore, and curled in their entire course
In last decade a number of data were published on leeches from the Western Balkans (i.e. Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Mecedonia) including some species described as new for science (Grosser et al 2007, 2014)
Summary
In last decade a number of data were published on leeches from the Western Balkans (i.e. Montenegro, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Mecedonia) including some species described as new for science (Grosser et al 2007, 2014). All published and new data on the leeches from Montenegro and Serbia (including Kosovo) were summarized, respectively in two checklists published by Grosser et al (2015a, b). The hirudinean fauna of the Western Balkans still remains relatively unknown taxonomically and biogeographically. The leech fauna of Montenegro includes 29 species and subspecies (Grosser et al 2015a). On other hand the leech fauna of Kosovo is poorly documented and includes only 11 species (Sket 1968, Šapkarev 1975, Grosser et al 2015b), so there is a good reason to assume that more species are expected to be found in the future. Two new species of the families Glossiphoniidae (Glossiphonia balcanica n. sp.) and Erpobdellidae (Dina prokletijaca n. sp.) are described
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