Humbertium

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

Humbertium
Drawing of Humbertium diana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Platyhelminthes
Class:
Rhabditophora
Order:
Tricladida
Suborder:
Continenticola
Family:
Geoplanidae
Subfamily:
Bipaliinae
Genus:
Humbertium

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

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]

  • Humbertium ceres (Moseley, 1875)
  • Humbertium core (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Humbertium depressum (Ritter-Záhony, 1905)
  • Humbertium diana (Humbert, 1862)
  • Humbertium dodabettae (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Humbertium ferrugineum (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium ferruginoideum (Sabussowa, 1925)
  • Humbertium girardi (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium kelleri (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium longicanale (Sabussowa, 1925)
  • Humbertium palnisium (de Beauchamp, 1930)
  • Humbertium penangense (Kawakatsu, 1986)
  • Humbertium penrissenense (de Beauchamp, 1925)
  • Humbertium phebe (Humbert, 1862)
  • Humbertium proserpina (Humbert, 1862)
  • Humbertium pseudophallicum (de Beauchamp, 1925)
  • Humbertium ravenalae (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium sikorai (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium subboreale (Sabussowa, 1925)
  • Humbertium umbrinum (Geba, 1909)
  • Humbertium voigti (von Graff, 1899)
  • Humbertium woodworthi (von Graff, 1899)

References
  1. 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.


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