01473nas a2200157   4500008004100000020002300041245016500064210006900229260003500298300000900333490000800342520087700350100002201227700002101249856004501270       2016                        eng d  a1313-29891313-297000aFirst report of the genus <i>Cratera</i> (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) in Argentina, with description of a new species and comments on the species of the genus0 aFirst report of the genus iCraterai Platyhelminthes Geoplanidae   bPensoft Publishersc11/08/2016  a1-120 v6103 a<p>A new species of land planarians of the genus Cratera is described. Cratera viridimaculata sp. n. was recorded in the Atlantic Forest Ecoregion, in north-eastern Argentina, and represents the first report of the genus Cratera outside Brazil. The new species is about 50 mm in length and externally characterized by a color pattern consisting of a light green olive pigmentation on the dorsum, stippled with dark gray fine spots, and dorsal eyes. Other features regarding the internal anatomy are the presence of a glandular margin, Cutaneous Muscular Index (CMI) of 10&ndash;13%, pharynx cylindrical, prostatic vesicle extrabulbar, tubular and C-shaped, with a proximal bifurcated portion, penis papilla protrusible with ejaculatory duct widened in its distal portion, and female atrium funnel-shaped. The new species is compared and discussed with its congeners.</p>
1 aNegrete, Lisandro1 aBursa, Francisco  uhttps://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9465