Bipalium adventitium

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 : 10

Bipalium adventitium

Bipalium adventitium is a species that was only known from the United States ( Ducey and Noce 1998), but we reported it from Montréal, Quebec, Canada which was its most northerly record ( Justine et al. 2019). The species is obviously of Asian origin but has until now never been found in Asia. Due to its ability to live in very cold climates in winter, this species has great potential to invade northern Europe ( Fourcade et al. 2022b), where it has not yet been reported. We have described the complete mitogenome of this species (Justine et al. 2022a).