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A new species of Geoplana Stimpson (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from South Brasil

A new species of Geoplana Stimpson, 1857, registered for the National Forest of São Francisco de Paula, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil, is described. Geoplana rubidolineata sp. nov. has a characteristic colour pattern, as well as a combination of characters of the internal morphology, which differentiate it from other species presenting a lining in the female atrium with multilayered aspect.

Geoplaninae; land planarian; morphology; taxonomy


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