taxonID	type	description	language	source
045287D3FF9B5C4941DFF8D6D328F82D.taxon	description	Geographic distribution. Holarctic species. Irtysh River area: the Irtysh River (N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′ '; N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 52 º 18 ′ 33 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 00 ′′; N 52 º 19 ′ 17 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 22 ′′), the Semipalatinka channel (N 50 º 24 ′ 06 ′′ / E 80 º 14 ′ 36 ′′). Ecology. The species was recorded only in the watercourses. It is confined to the habitats of molluscan shellfish.	en	Kaygorodova, Irina A., Fedorova, Lyudmila I. (2016): The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144 (2): 287-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10
045287D3FF9B5C4941DFFA54D32FF923.taxon	description	Geographic distribution. Unevenly distributed in the Palaearctic region. In Europe, this species is common in countries with temperate climates. Rarely found in North Africa. It has a nonuniform distribution in the Caucasus, in Central Asia, Western and Eastern Siberia, the Far East, China and Japan. Irtysh River area: the Irtysh River (N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 52 º 18 ′ 33 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 00 ′′; N 52 º 19 ′ 17 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 22 ′′; N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′ '), the Shar river (N 50 º 21 ′ 40 ′′ / E 80 º 53 ′ 07 ′′), the Semipalatinka channel (N 50 º 24 ′ 06 ′′ / E 80 º 14 ′ 36 ′′), the Shulbinsk water reservoir (N 50 º 22 ′ 53 ′′ / E 81 º 06 ′ 13 ′′; N 50 º 23 ′ 35 ′′ / E 81 º 05 ′ 36 ′′). Ecology. This species is found in differing types of running and stagnant waters. Most cases it has been found on various solid substrates, floating on the water surface. This leech feeds on the blood of different fish and amphibians.	en	Kaygorodova, Irina A., Fedorova, Lyudmila I. (2016): The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144 (2): 287-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10
045287D3FF985C4A41DFFBFBD6B2FADB.taxon	description	Geographic distribution. Palaearctic species. This species occurs from the Netherland (Haaren et al. 2004) in the west to the Voronezh region of Russia in the east (Utevsky et al. 2015). Irtysh River area: the Irtysh River (N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′ '; N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 52 º 18 ′ 33 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 00 ′′), the Semipalatinka channel (N 50 º 24 ′ 06 ′′ / E 80 º 14 ′ 36 ′′), the Kyzylsu River (N 50 º 06 ′ 14 ′ / E 81 º 32 ′ 56 ' ′), Lake Bolshoe (N 50 º 43 ′ 16 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 49 ′′), and Lake Maloe (N 50 º 43 ′ 45 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 15 ′′). Ecology. Eurybiotic organism dwelling in both lentic (lakes and reservoirs) and lotic (lowland and mountain rivers) waters.	en	Kaygorodova, Irina A., Fedorova, Lyudmila I. (2016): The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144 (2): 287-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10
045287D3FF985C4A41DFFF7ED5C7FC30.taxon	description	Geographic distribution. Palaearctic and Nearctic regions. Irtysh River area: the Bukhtarma water reservoir (N 49 º 36 ′ 58 ′′ / E 83 º 31 ′ 33 ′′; N 49 º 37 ′ 01 ′′ / E 83 º 34 ′ 18 ′′). Ecology. This is a widespread but rare species. It can be found in swamped coastal areas. It prefers stagnant water. Feeds on the blood of vertebrates. Most likely hosts are fishes, water birds or amphibians. FAMILY: PISCICOLIDAE Johnston, 1865 (synonym Ichthyiobdellidae Leuckart, 1863) Species: Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographic distribution. Holarctic region. Irtysh River area: the Shulbinsk water reservoir (N 50 º 22 ′ 53 ′′ / E 81 º 06 ′ 13 ′′), the Bukhtarma water reservoir (N 49 º 36 ′ 58 ′′ / E 83 º 31 ′ 33 ′′; N 49 º 37 ′ 01 ′′ / E 83 º 34 ′ 18 ′′; N 49 º 37 ′ 39 ′′ / E 83 º 27 ′ 21 ′′). Ecology. A widespread fish parasite. It was detected both in fish and in the free-living state (on various substrates). This species does not occur in mountain streams. FAMILY: ERPOBDELLIDAE Blanchard, 1894 Species: Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographic distribution. Widespread Palaearctic species. Irtysh River area: the Irtysh River (N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′ '; N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 52 º 18 ′ 33 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 00 ′′; N 52 º 19 ′ 17 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 22 ′′), the Semipalatinka channel (N 50 º 24 ′ 06 ′′ / E 80 º 14 ′ 36 ′′), the Shulbinsk water reservoir (N 50 º 22 ′ 53 ′′ / E 81 º 06 ′ 13 ′′; N 50 º 23 ′ 35 ′′ / E 81 º 05 ′ 36 ′′; N 50 º 223 ′ 53 ′′ / E 81 º 06 ′ 13 ′′), the Bukhtarma water reservoir (N 49 º 36 ′ 58 ′′ / E 83 º 31 ′ 33 ′′), and Lake Bolshoe (N 50 º 43 ′ 16 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 49 ′′). Ecology. This is the most abundant species of the plain river areas.	en	Kaygorodova, Irina A., Fedorova, Lyudmila I. (2016): The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144 (2): 287-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10
045287D3FF985C4B41DFFA9ED7FBFE38.taxon	description	Geographic distribution. Palaearctic species. It is known from central to east Europe, widespread throughout Poland, Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and Latvia (Nesemann & Neubert 1999). The easternmost distribution records were from Kyrgyzstan (Jueg et al. 2013), until it was discovered in the East Kazakhstan, in this study. Irtysh River area: The Irtysh River (N 52 º 19 ′ 17 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 22 ′′), the Peschanka River (N 50 º 10 ′ 08 ′′ / E 82 º 03 ′ 07 ' ′), the Kyzylsu River (N 50 º 06 ′ 14 ′ / E 81 º 32 ′ 56 ' ′), the Shulbinsk water reservoir (N 50 º 22 ′ 53 ′′ / E 81 º 06 ′ 13 ′′; N 50 º 23 ′ 35 ′′ / E 81 º 05 ′ 36 ′′), and the Bukhtarma water reservoir (N 49 º 36 ′ 58 ′′ / E 83 º 31 ′ 33 ′′; N 49 º 37 ′ 01 ′′ / E 83 º 34 ′ 18 ′′; N 49 º 37 ′ 39 ′′ / E 83 º 27 ′ 21 ′′), Lake Bolshoe (N 50 º 43 ′ 16 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 49 ′′), and Lake Maloe (N 50 º 43 ′ 45 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 15 ′′). Ecology. The preferred habitats were rocky substrates in the shallow zone of the water reservoirs. This is the most common erpobdellid species in mountain streams. FAMILY: HAEMOPIDAE Richardson, 1969 Species: Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758) Geographic distribution. Palaearctic region. Irtysh River area: The Irtysh River (N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′′). Ecology. This species was found in river floodplain. The horse-leech is a predator of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates, with earthworms and mollusks as a basis of its feeding. FAMILY: PRAOBDELLIDAE Blanchard, 1894 Species: Limnatis paluda (Tennent, 1859) Synonymy: Haemopis paludum: Tennant, 1859; Limnatis paluda: Moore, 1927. Geographic distribution. India and Sri Lanka (Nesemann & Neubert 1999), Southeastern Kazakhstan (Nakano et al. 2015). Irtysh River area: Lake Bolshoe (N 50 º 43 ′ 16 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 49 ′′). Ecology. Limnatis paluda is a temporal ectoparasite that lives only in shallow part of standing water bodies. This leech was first described from Sri Lanka and was stated to be a cattle leech there. Now it known as a parasite of humans and other large mammals.	en	Kaygorodova, Irina A., Fedorova, Lyudmila I. (2016): The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144 (2): 287-290, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10
