Dolichoplana striata, Moseley, 1877

Justine, Jean-Lou, Gastineau, Romain & Winsor, Leigh, 2024, Land flatworms (Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in France and French overseas territories: ten years of research, Zoologia (e 24004) 41, pp. 1-25 : 12

Dolichoplana striata

Dolichoplana striata is a very large species (20 cm) that can be confused with B. kewense in the absence of a photograph of the head, but the pattern of the lines on the dorsal side still allows us to separate it. There are no records in the open in mainland France for this species which clearly has affinities for the tropical climate. There are, however, a few records from Spain ( Álvarez-Presas et al. 2014) and for greenhouses in Germany ( Pfitzner 1956, 1958) and from Italy ( Mori et al. 2022b). The species is present, but never very abundant, in various French overseas territories with a tropical climate, such as French Polynesia, Mayotte, and Reunion Island. We have not yet published our findings on this species.