Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov. and Alboglossiphonia buniana sp. nov. - two new leech species from Africa and revision of the genus Alboglossiphonia Lukin, 1976 in Africa Author Jueg, Uwe 19288 Ludwigslust, Germany text Evolutionary Systematics 2023 2023-01-03 7 1 1 34 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.94507 2535-0730-1-1 C782803DB1FE4863A747BAAFC8593891 2D046F65685A53469655E024FAA48256

Table 1. Metric characteristics of A. afroalpina sp. nov.; all dimensions in mm.

Specimen-No.	Length	Maximum width	Length cranial sucker	Width cranial sucker	Length caudal sucker	Width caudal sucker	Length head region	Notes
1 holotype	6.0	1.6	0.3	0.4	0.55	0.6	0.5
2	7.5	2.6	0.45	0.5	0.75	0.75	0.38
3	10.50	2.10	0.62	0.55	0.62	0.75	0.45
4	10.50	2.00	0.52	0.60	0.45	0.60	0.40
5	10.40	1.80	0.38	0.60	0.62	0.62	0.55
6	9.70	1.35	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.60	0.50
7	9.50	1.40	0.50	0.53	0.50	0.60	0.50
8	9.20	1.20	0.35	0.48	0.48	0.50	0.50	Eye position not visible
9	9.10	0.90	0.50	0.50	0.42	0.42	0.48
10	9.00	1.80	0.50	0.63	0.60	0.70	0.45
11	8.30	2.20	0.50	0.65	0.75	0.80	0.50
12	8.20	1.40	0.50	0.50	0.60	0.65	0.38	Eye position not visible
13	8.00	1.25	0.38	0.43	0.38	0.40	0.38
14	6.00	1.90	0.53	0.55	0.55	0.60	?	head not removed
15	5.70	1.30	0.60	0.65	0.75	0.75	0.40	Eye position not visible; ventral glockenfoermig (eggs)
16	5.60	1.65	0.48	0.55	0.50	0.50	0.32
17	5.30	?	0.45	0.50	0.43	0.45	0.40	atypically contracted
18	5.30	1.30	0.53	0.53	0.50	0.50	0.38	Eye position not visible; ventral glockenfoermig (eggs)
19	5.20	1.38	0.40	0.45	0.55	0.57	0.28	Eye position not visible
20	4.80	1.00	0.50	0.40	0.65	0.85	0.40	ventrally bell-shaped (> 20 eggs)
21	4.60	1.50	0.30	0.40	0.40	0.50	0.35
Maximum	10.50	2.20	0.62	0.65	0.75	0.85	0.55
Minimum	4.60	0.90	0.30	0.40	0.38	0.40	0.55
Median	7.54	1.58	0.48	0.53	0.56	0.61	0.43