It is Hirudo troctina, based on presence of dorsal spots and linear ventral pattern. It is found only in NW Africa
It is Hirudo troctina, based on presence of dorsal spots and linear ventral pattern. It is found only in NW Africa
i agree with Umit, Hirudo troctina. See for instance Ben Ahmed (2015) on Tunesian leeches, Utevsky et al (2010) on western palaearctic species and Nesemann & Neubert (1999) on Central European species. There is no report of any other Hirudo in NW Africa other than H. troctina.
I support previous researchers - Umit and Ton. This is rare species of medicinal leech - Hirudo trocina.
Yes this leech Is Hirudo troctina. It differ from H.medicinalis first by the morphology of the black spots on the dorsal face which are square in H. troctina while they look like tears on H. medicinalis. The second difference is on the marginal line on the ventral face which is on zigzag in H. troctina but linear in H. medicinalis.
Consider horse leech Haemopis sanguisuga. And consider asking a zoologist.
These colored dorsal dots are absent in Haemopis and H. medicinalis is absent in Africa (see Urevsky et al 2010).
This leech is Hirudo troctina, based of dorsal spots and ventral pattern. But dorsal coloration does not good look in pictures.
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