List of leeches of the Czech Republic

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Haemopis sanguisuga
Hirudo medicinalis

There are 20 species of leeches living in the wild in the Czech Republic.

19 species were recorded in Moravia.

Species

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in zoological order

(One species is missing in this list.)

Erpobdelliformes
Erpobdellidae
  • Erpobdella lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900)
  • Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822)
  • Erpobdella vilnensis Liskiewicz, 1927
  • Erpobdella bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913
Hirudiniformes
Hirudinidae
  • Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Rhynchobdellida
Glossiphoniidae
  • Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824)
  • Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888)
  • Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Glossiphonia nebulosa (Kalbe, 1964)
  • Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1972)
  • Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
  • Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
Piscicolidae
  • Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)

See also

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  • Fauna of the Czech Republic
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