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Humbertium
Drawing of Humbertium diana
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Humbertium

Ogren & Sluys, 2001
Type species
Perocephalus ravenalae
von Graff, 1899

Humbertium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).

Description

Species of Humbertium are characterized by the presence of a well developed penis papilla in the copulatory apparatus, similar to the one in Bipalium, but with the ovovitelloducts entering the female atrium anteriorly and not posteriorly as in Bipalium.[1]

Etymology

The genus Humbertium is named after the Swiss naturalist Aloïs Humbert who described several species from Sri Lanka that are now classified in the genus.[1]

Species

The genus Humbertium contains the following species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ogren, R. E.; Sluys, R. (2001). "The genus Humbertium gen. nov., a new taxon of the land planarian family Bipaliidae (Tricladida, Terricola)". Belgian Journal of Zoology. 131 (1): 201–204.