''Fletchamia'' is a

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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 In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of the surnames of

Joseph 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 Joseph Horner Fletcher, Rev Joseph Horner Fletcher, a Methodism, Met ...

(''Fletc-'') and

Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton (14 April 1852 – 21 October 1941) was an Australian naturalist and teacher born in Ireland. A former president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, he was known for his studies of desert plants and pollinatio ...

(''-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'' (J. J. Fletcher & A. G. Hamilton, 1888) *'' Fletchamia sugdeni'' (Dendy, 1891)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18519911 Geoplanidae Rhabditophora genera