00336nas a2200097 4500008004100000245006100041210006100102300001000163100001300173856005200186 1892 eng d00aAdditional observations on the Victorian land planarians0 aAdditional observations on the Victorian land planarians a25-411 aDendy, A uhttps://continenticola.myspecies.info/node/178701559nas a2200145 4500008004100000245014700041210006900188300001000257490000800267520101500275100002001290700002101310700001801331856006401349 1998 eng d00aThe proposed synonymy of Parakontikia ventrolineata (Dendy, 1892) and Kontikia mexicana (Hyman, 1939) - what is a penis papilla?0 aproposed synonymy of iParakontikia ventrolineatai Dendy 1892 and a91-960 v3833 a

Geoplanid land planarians found near Johannesburg, South Africa, and in a hothouse in Liverpool, UK, could be identified either as Parakontikia ventrolineata (Dendy, 1892) or as Kontikia mexicana (Hyman, 1939). Comparison of the specimens with P. ventrolineata type specimens and other material and with published descriptions of K. mexicana shows no significant consistent difference between the species, other than the apparent presence of a penis papilla in K. mexicana. It is suggested that, in this case, the penis papilla is not a well-defined structure and that its presence in some specimens may be the result of differential contraction or eversion of the penial musculature at fixation. Accordingly it is proposed that the two species names are synonymous, and thus Parakontikia Winsor, 1991 is to be considered a junior synonym of Kontikia Froehlich, 1955. This is only the second geoplanid species to be recorded from Africa. It has also been found in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S.A.

1 aJones, Hugh, D.1 aJohns, Peter, M.1 aWinsor, Leigh uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A100347821887301262nas a2200133 4500008004100000245010100041210006900142260001200211300001400223490000800237520078600245100001801031856007901049 1983 eng d00aA new species of land planarian from Madeira Portugal (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida)0 anew species of land planarian from Madeira Portugal Platyhelmint c12/1983 a433–4430 v2013 a

Kontikia bulbosa sp. nov. is described. The species is characterized by an intrapenial papilla, dilatations of the vasa deferentia, and a number of bulbous structures projecting from the atrial wall. K. bulbosa differs from the known representatives of its genus in that it has no annular zone of parenchymal longitudinal muscles, but only a ventral layer of these muscles. It is proposed that Froehlich's (1955) definition of the genus be adapted so that it also includes Geoplana species with only a ventral layer of parenchymal longitudinal muscles. G. mexicana Hyman, 1939 fulfills the new requirements of Kontikia and, consequently, is transferred to this genus. K. bulbosa was found on Madeira; its occurrence on this island is probably due to passive dispersal.

1 aSluys, Ronald uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1983.tb05069.x/full00396nas a2200109 4500008004100000245006800041210006600109300001200175490000700187100002200194856007000216 1939 eng d00aNew species of flatworms from North, Central, and South America0 aNew species of flatworms from North Central and South America a419-4390 v861 aHyman, Libbie, H. uhttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7569365#page/507/mode/1up