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Batracobdella kasmiana (Oka, 1910) Hemiclepsis kasmiana Oka (1910): 169; Gee (1919): 179; Oka (1928): 64; Shimazu (2014): 69. Hemiclepsis casmiana Oka (1917): 167; Moore (1924): 363; Lukin (1976): 224. Batracobdella kasmiana (Oka, 1910): Soos (1967a): 233; Soos (1967b): 255; Yang (1996): 52; Yamauchi et al. (2008): 19; Lai & Chen (2010): 15; Itoh (2012): 620. Hemiclepsis marginata casmiana Oka (1917): Lukin (1976): 223. Morphology. Our sample fits well with the original description (Oka 1910, 1928). Body elongate; dorsal side convex; ventral side flat; papillae lacking. Head slightly wider than the next area, with two pairs of eyespots; the first pair of eyespots strongly reduced, punctiform. Dorsal side brownish with five longitudinal yellow or whitish stripes; ventral side without bands or spots of another color. Anterior and posterior suckers circular; posterior sucker with pale brown radial bars dorsally. There are no similar species in the genus Batracobdella. Based on the morphological features, i.e., number and disposition of eyespots and clearly expressed pattern of markings, this species is closely related to Hemiclepsis marginata (Müller, 1774) and, especially, to its subspecies from northern India, H. marginata asiatica Moore, 1924 (Moore 1924; Oka 1928). The primary difference of B. kasmiana from H. marginata asiatica is the specific lifestyle in the mantle cavity of mussels (Oka 1928). Distribution. Japan (Honshu), China (Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Beijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Taiwan), and the Far East of Russia (Primorsky Krai). Hosts: Unionidae (Sinanodonta spp., Cristaria plicata, Nodularia douglasiae, and Middendorffinaia mongolica), and Margaritiferidae (Margaritifera dahurica). Remarks. With respect to morphological features, B. kasmiana appears to be a member of its original genus, Hemiclepsis Vejdovsky, 1884, which has been incorrectly transferred to Batracobdella. However, this preliminary assumption needs to be confirmed using a molecular approach. Yang (1996) also found an external resemblance between B. kasmiana and H. marginata, but he notes that their internal structures are different., Published as part of Sokolova, Svetlana E., 2017, Discovery and natural history of the mussel leech Batracobdella kasmiana (Oka, 1910) (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) in Russia, pp. 386-390 in Zootaxa 4319 (2) on page 389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/889129, {"references":["Oka, A. (1910) Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 7, 165 - 183.","Gee, N. G. (1919) A beginning of the study of the flora and fauna of Soochow and vicinity. Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 50, 170 - 184.","Oka, A. (1928) Description de I' Hemiclepsis kasmiana. Ibid, 4, 64 - 66.","Shimazu, T. (2014) Digeneans parasitic in freshwater fishes (Osteichthyes) of Japan. II. Gorgoderidae and Orientocreadiidae. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, Zoology, 40 (2), 53 - 78.","Oka, A. (1917) Zoological result of a tour in the Far East: Hirudinea. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 6, 157 - 176.","Moore, J. P. (1924) Notes on some Asiatic leeches (Hirudinea) principally from China, Kashmir, and British India. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 76, 343 - 388.","Lukin, E. I. (1976) Leeches of fresh and brackish water bodies. Fauna of the USSR, 109, 1 - 484.","Soos, A. (1967 a) On the genus Hemiclepsis Vejdovsky, 1884, with a key and catalogue of the species (Hirudinoidea: Glossiphoniidae). Opuscula Zoologica (Budapest), 7 (1), 233 - 240.","Soos, A. (1967 b) On the genus Batracobdella Viguier, 1879, with a key and catalogue to the species (Hirudinoidea: Glossiphoniidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationales Hungarici (Pars Zoologica), 59, 243 - 257.","Yang, T. (1996) Annelida Hirudinea (Fauna Sinica). Science Press, Beijing, 259 pp. [in Chinese]","Yamauchi, T., Itoh, T., Yamaguchi, K. & Nagasawa, K. (2008) Some leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida: Piscicolidae, Glossiphoniidae) in the Hii River system, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Laguna, 15, 19 - 23.","Lai, Y. T. & Chen, J. H. (2010) Leech fauna of Taiwan. National Taiwan University Press, Taipei, 108 pp.","Itoh, T. (2012) A list of Hirudinea in Lake Biwa and its adjacent waters. In: Kawanabe, H., Nishino, M. & Maehata, M. (Eds.), Lake Biwa: interactions between nature and people. Springer Science & Business Media, New York, pp. 618 - 621."]}

Sokolova, Svetlana E. (2017): Discovery and natural history of the mussel leech Batracobdella kasmiana (Oka, 1910) (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) in Russia. Zootaxa 4319 (2): 386-390, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.11

Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) Parasitic stage. cercaria (ITS 2 sequence: NCBI���s Genbank acc. no. KU 950451). Host. Radix labiata (Rossmaessler) (voucher no. MLym- 116 in RMBH; COI sequence: NCBI���s Genbank acc. no. KU 950449). Location. Slovakia: Low Tatras, near Vihodna, 49 ��03'07" N, 19 �� 54 ' 56 " E, 740 m alt., trout pond, 10.vii. 2013, S. Sokolova leg. Remarks. Accordance between our ITS 2 sequence of A. burti cercaria from Slovakia and the sequence of adult fluke from a Mexican duck specimen is 100 % (Figure 1). According to recent works, Lymnaea stagnalis (Linnaeus), Stagnicola palustris (M��ller), Radix auricularia (Linnaeus), Radix peregra (M��ller), Radix ovata (Draparnaud) and Bathyomphalus contortus (Linnaeus) are listed as host snail taxa for A. burti in Europe (Falt��nkov�� et al. 2007, 2016; Sold��nov�� et al. 2012). However, R. peregra and R. ovata are invalid nominal taxa (Schniebs et al. 2013, 2015). The snail specimens, which were identified under these names, may actually belong to at least four different but relatively morphologically similar biological species: R. labiata, Radix ampla (Hartmann), Radix lagotis (Schrank) and Radix balthica (Linnaeus) (Schniebs et al. 2013, 2015). Here we confirmed that R. labiata is a host of A. burti cercariae in Europe using the molecular approach to both the parasite and the host for the first time. This study was supported by grants from the government of Russian Federation (nos. MD���7660.2016.5 and FASO ��� 0410��� 2014 ���0028) and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, RFBR (nos. 16 ���05���00854, 14 ���04��� 98801 and 15 ���04��� 05638). Authors are grateful to Dr. Z. Izakovičov��, Dr. J. Oszlanyi, Dr. P. Barančok and many other colleagues from the Institute of Landscape Ecology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) for their great assistance under the Agreement on scientific cooperation between the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences., Published as part of Aksenova, Olga V., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Bolotov, Ivan N., Kondakov, Alexander V. & Sokolova, Svetlana E., 2016, First molecular identification of Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) (Trematoda: Digenea: Strigeidae) from an intermediate host Radix labiata (Rossmaessler) (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) in Europe, pp. 588-590 in Zootaxa 4132 (4) on pages 588-589, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/259224, {"references":["Miller, H. M. Jr. (1923) Notes on some furcocercous larval trematodes. The Journal of Parasitology, 10, 35 - 46. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 3270887","Faltynkova, A., Nasincova, V. & Kablaskova, L. (2007) Larval trematodes (Digenea) of the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L.) (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in Central Europe: a survey of species and key to their identification. Parasite, 14, 39 - 51. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1051 / parasite / 2007141039","Faltynkova, A., Sures, B. & Kostadinova, A. (2016) Biodiversity of trematodes in their intermediate mollusc and fish hosts in the freshwater ecosystems of Europe. Systematic Parasitology, 93, 283 - 293. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11230 - 016 - 9627 - y","Soldanova, M., Kuris, A. M., Scholz, T. & Lafferty, K. D. (2012) The role of spatial and temporal heterogeneity and competition in structuring trematode communities in the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L.). Journal of Parasitology, 98, 460 - 471. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1645 / GE- 2964.1","Schniebs, K., Gloer, P., Vinarski, M. V. & Hundsdoerfer, A. K. (2013) Intraspecific morphological and genetic variability in the European freshwater snail Radix labiata (Rossmaessler, 1835) (Gastropoda: Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae). Contributions to Zoology, 82, 55 - 68.","Schniebs, K., Georgiev, D., Gloer, P. & Hundsdoerfer, A. K. (2015) A molecular genetic evidence of the occurrence of the freshwater snail Radix lagotis (Schrank, 1803) (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) in Bulgaria. Ecologica Montenegrina, 3, 29 - 39."]}

Aksenova, Olga V., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Bolotov, Ivan N., Kondakov, Alexander V., Sokolova, Svetlana E. (2016): First molecular identification of Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) (Trematoda: Digenea: Strigeidae) from an intermediate host Radix labiata (Rossmaessler) (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) in Europe. Zootaxa 4132 (4): 588-590, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.10