Supramontana
| Supramontana | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Supramontana irritata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
| Class: | Turbellaria/Rhabditophora |
| Order: | Tricladida |
| Suborder: | Continenticola |
| Family: | Geoplanidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoplaninae |
| Genus: | Supramontana Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Supramontana irritata Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003 | |
Supramontana is a genus of land planarians from South America.
Description
The genus Supramontana is characterized by the presence of a cephalic retractor muscle not associated with cephalic glands. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent penis papilla.[1]
Etymology
The name Supramontana comes from the Latin words supra (on the top) and montanus (of the mountains). It is a reference to the type-locality of Supramontana irritata, the city of São Francisco de Paula, in Southern Brazil, whose previous name was São Franciso de Paula de Cima da Serra (on the top of the mountains).
Species
There are two described species in the genus Supramontana:[2]
- Supramontana argentina Negrete et al., 2014
- Supramontana irritata Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003
References
- ↑ Carbayo, F.; Leal-Zanchet, A. M. (2003). Two new genera of geoplaninid land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Terricola) of Brazil in the light of cephalic specialisations. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 449-468.
- ↑ Negrete, L.; Leal-Zanchet, A. A. M.; Brusa, F. (2013). "
A new species of Supramontana Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet (Platyhelminthes, Continenticola, Geoplanidae) from the Interior Atlantic Forest
". Zootaxa 3753 (2): 177. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.7.