@article {23, title = {A revision of the cosmopolitan land planarian Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 (Turbellaria: Tricladida:Terricola)}, journal = {Zool.J.Linn.Soc}, volume = {79}, year = {1983}, month = {1983}, pages = {61-100}, chapter = {61}, author = {Leigh Winsor} } @article {42, title = {The Australian terrestrial flatworm fauna (Tricladida: Terricola)}, journal = {Pedobiologia}, volume = {42}, year = {1998}, pages = {457-463}, chapter = {457}, author = {Leigh Winsor} } @article {14, title = {The genus Dugesia in Australia, with its phylogenetic analysis and historical biogeography (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae)}, journal = {Zoologica Scripta}, volume = {27}, year = {1998}, pages = {273-289}, chapter = {273}, abstract = {

The new species Dugesia notogaea Sluys \& Kawakatsu, sp. n. is described from Queensland, Australia, representing the first record of the genus Dugesia for that continent. A phylogenetic analysis of the 68 species of Dugesia resulted in the discovery of a new apomorphy for the genus, and a cladogram showing two major phyletic groups. The distributional range of one group has a western accent, whereas that of the other group has an eastern emphasis; the ranges of these two groups overlap in Africa and the Mediterranean region. We attempt to determine the ancestral area for both the Dugesiidae and Dugesia. A scenario for the historical biogeography of the genus Dugesia is discussed. In this scenario it is presumed that the geological history of the Australasian region enabled Dugesia\’s from southeast Asia to colonize northern Australia.

}, doi = {10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00461.x}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00461.x/abstract}, author = {Ronald Sluys and Masaharu Kawakatsu and Leigh Winsor} } @article {291, title = {New and revised terrestrial flatworm taxa (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) of Australia and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand}, journal = {Tuhinga}, volume = {17}, year = {2006}, pages = {81-104}, chapter = {81}, abstract = {

Within the context of ongoing taxonomic revisions of terrestrial flatworms from Australia and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand: (1) a new subfamily of the Terricola, the Anzoplaninae, is erected, and some subantarctic terricolan taxa are reassigned to the new subfamily; (2) diagnoses for the subfamily Caenoplaninae and genus Coleocephalus are emended; (3) the new genera Anzoplana and Fyfea are erected; and (4) the new species Anzoplana trilineata is described. A lectotype is designated for Fyfea carnleyi (Fyfe).

}, url = {http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/4212/1/4212_Winsor_2006.pdf}, author = {Leigh Winsor} } @article {739, title = {The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now}, journal = {PeerJ}, volume = {2}, year = {2014}, pages = {e297}, abstract = {

Non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms (Platyhelminthes) have been recorded in thirteen European countries. They include Bipalium kewense and Dolichoplana striata that are largely restricted to hothouses and may be regarded as non-invasive species. In addition there are species from the southern hemisphere such as the invasive New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus in the United Kingdom, Eire and the Faroe Islands, the Australian flatworm Australoplana sanguinea alba in Eire and the United Kingdom, and the Australian Blue Garden flatworm Caenoplana coerulea in France, Menorca and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom has some twelve or more non-indigenous species most of which are Australian and New Zealand species. These species may move to an invasive stage when optimum environmental and other conditions occur, and the flatworms then have the potential to cause economic or environmental harm. In this paper, we report the identification (from morphology and molecular analysis of COI sequences) of non-indigenous terrestrial flatworms found in a hothouse in Caen (France) as the New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola, Geoplanidae, Rhynchodeminae). Platydemus manokwari is among the \“100 World\’s Worst Invader Alien Species\”. Lists of World geographic records, prey in the field and prey in laboratories of P. manokwari are provided. This species is considered a threat to native snails wherever it is introduced. The recent discovery of P. manokwari in France represents a significant extension of distribution of this Invasive Alien Species from the Indo-Pacific region to Europe. If it escaped the hothouse, the flatworm might survive winters and become established in temperate countries. The existence of this species in France requires an early warning of this incursion to State and European Union authorities, followed by the eradication of the flatworm in its locality, tightening of internal quarantine measures to prevent further spread of the flatworm to and from this site, identifying if possible the likely primary source of the flatworm, and tracing other possible incursions that may have resulted from accidental dispersal of plants and soil from the site.

}, doi = {10.7717/peerj.297}, url = {https://peerj.com/articles/297.pdf}, author = {Jean-Lou Justine​ and Leigh Winsor and Delphine Gey and Pierre Gros and Jessica Th{\'e}venot} }