Humbertium | |
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Humbertium diana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Platyhelminthes |
Order: | Tricladida |
Family: | Geoplanidae |
Subfamily: | Bipaliinae |
Genus: | Humbertium Ogren & Sluys, 2001 |
Type species | |
Perocephalus ravenalae von Graff, 1899
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Humbertium is a genus of land planarians of the subfamily Bipaliinae (hammerhead flatworms).
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]
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]
The genus Humbertium contains the following species:[2]