Genus Chtonobdella Grube, 1866

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chtonobdella Grube, A.E. 1867. Landblutegel aus Sudaustralien. Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Kultur 43: 66.

  Type species:

   Chtonobdella limbata Grube, 1866 by original designation.
• Jaabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.

  Type species:

   Geobdella whitmani Lambert, 1899 by original designation.
• Quaesitobdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.

  Type species:

   Quaesitobdella bilineata Richardson, 1975 by original designation.
• Amicibdella Richardson, L.R. 1974. Amicibdella and Micobdella gen. nov. of eastern Australia (Hirudinoidea: Haemadipsidae S. L.). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 125-149.

  Type species:

   Amicibdella nigra Richardson, 1974 by original designation.
• Abessebdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Cedbdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Conphytobdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Domanibdella Richardson, L.R. 1974. Domanibdella gen. nov., a duognathous five-annulate land leech genus in New Guinea (Hirudinoidea: Haemdipsidae s. l.) with a discussion on general somital annulation. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 35: 97–109.
• Elocobdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Eucryptobdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Fijibdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Geobdella Whitman, C.O. 1886. The leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 26: 317–416.
• Idiobdella Harding, W.A. 1913. No. III–On a new land-leech from the Seychelles. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 16: 39–44.
• Leiobdella Richardson, L.R. 1974. A new troglobitic quadrannulate landleech from Papua (Hirudinoidea: Haemadipsidae s. l.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 99: 57–68.
• Mahebdella Richardson, L.R. 1978. On the zoological nature of land leeches in the Seychelles Islands, and a consequential revision of the status of land-leeches in Madagascar (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea). Revue de Zoologie Africaine 93: 837–866.
• Malagabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Malayabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Moluccabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Moquinia Blanchard, R. 1888. Dictionnaire Encyclop. de Science M
  ed. Vol. XIV.
• Nesophilaemon Nybelin, O. 1943. Nesophilaemon n. g. fur Philaemon skottsbergi L. Johansson aus den Juan Fernandez Inseln. Zoologischer Anzeiger 142: 249–250.
• Phytobdella Blanchard, R. 1894. R
  evision des Hirudin
  ees du Musee de Dresde. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1892–1893: 1–8.
• Planobdella Blanchard, R. 1894. R
  evision des Hirudin
  ees du Musee de Dresde. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 1892–1893: 1–8.
• Rennlbdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Samoabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Sibdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Tristabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.
• Xenobdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.

  Type species:

   Xenobdella mediorubra Richardson, 1975 by original designation.
• Anphilaemon Richardson, L.R. 1979. Anphilaemon kingi gen. et. sp. nov., a land leech of King Island, Bass Strait (Haemadipsoidea: Domanibdellidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 113: 177-184.

  Type species:

   Anphilaemon kingi Richardson, 1979 by original designation.
• Neoterrabdella Richardson, L.R. 1969. On a distinctive new subequatorial Australian quadrannulate land-leech, and related matters. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 201-213.

  Type species:

   Neoterrabdella australis Richardson, 1969 by original designation.
• Castrabdella Richardson, L.R. 1975. A contribution to the general zoology of the land-leeches (Hirudinea: Haemadipsoidea superfam. nov.). Acta Zoologica Hungarica 21: 119-152.

  Type species:

   Castrabdella nymboidae Richardson, 1975 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Borda, E. & Siddall, M.E. 2010. Insights into the evolutionary history of Indo-Pacific bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae). Invertebrate Systematics 24: 456-472

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Tessler, M., Barrio, A., Borda, E., Rood-Goldman, R., Hill, M. & Siddall, M.E. 2016. Description of a soft-bodied invertebrate with microcomputed tomography and revision of the genus Chtonobdella (Hirudinea: Haemadipsidae). Zoologica Scripta 45: 552–535 [556]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Oct-2023	ANNELIDA	20-Sep-2023	MODIFIED
31-Oct-2016	Chtonobdella Grube, 1866	20-Sep-2016	MODIFIED
17-Oct-2023		02-Jun-2011	MOVED
		02-Jun-2011	MODIFIED