''Fletchamia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

land planarian Geoplanidae is a family of flatworms known commonly as land planarians or land flatworms. These flatworms are mainly predators of other invertebrates, which they hunt, attack and capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...

s from Australia.

Description

The genus ''Fletchamia'' is characterized by having an elongate and subcylindrical body with a creeping sole that occupies from 50 to 70% of the body with. The eyes form a single row around the anterior tip, are crowded antero-laterally and continue posteriorly in two to three staggered rows. The parenchymal musculature is weak and includes a loose ring zone of circulo-oblique fibers and a weak ventral plate of longitudinal fibers. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, but some species may have a rudimentary penis papilla. The female atrium communicates posteriorly with a diverticulum.BHL
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Etymology

The name ''Fletchamia'' is a

portmanteau A portmanteau word, or portmanteau (, ) is a blend of wordsJoseph James Fletcher Joseph James Fletcher (7 January 1850 – 15 May 1926) was an Australian biologist, winner of the 1921 Clarke Medal. Fletcher was born at Auckland, New Zealand the son of the Rev Joseph Horner Fletcher, a Methodist clergyman, and his wife Kate ...

(''Fletc-'') and Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton (''-hami-'') and commemorates their contributions to the knowledge of Australian land planarians.

Species

The genus ''Fletchamia'' includes the following species: *'' Fletchamia dakini'' (Dendy, 1915) *'' Fletchamia flavilineata'' (Dendy, 1915) *'' Fletchamia fuscodorsalis'' (Steel, 1901) *'' Fletchamia mediolineata'' (Dendy, 1891) *'' Fletchamia mmahoni'' (Dendy, 1891) *''

Fletchamia quinquelineata ''Fletchamia'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia. Description The genus ''Fletchamia'' is characterized by having an elongate and subcylindrical body with a creeping sole that occupies from 50 to 70% of the body with. The eyes form ...

'' (J. J. Fletcher & A. G. Hamilton, 1888) *''

Fletchamia sugdeni ''Fletchamia'' is a genus of land planarians from Australia. Description The genus ''Fletchamia'' is characterized by having an elongate and subcylindrical body with a creeping sole that occupies from 50 to 70% of the body with. The eyes form ...

'' (Dendy, 1891)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18519911 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera