Microplaninae is a subfamily of land planarians.

Description

The subfamily Microplaninae was defined by Ogren and Kawakatsu (1988)Ogren, R. E. and Kawakatsu, M. (1988). ''Index to the species of the family Rhynchodemidae (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Terricola) Part I: Rhynchodeminae.'' Bulletin of Fujis Women's College. 26: 39-91. for land planarians with a short and cylindroid form, anterior end blunt, eyes often small and subepithelial musculature weak. The male copulatory apparatus is often complicated and has a well-developed penis. The female apparatus is very variable, with or without a seminal bursa and with or without a connection with the intestine. It was originally considered, based on morphological evidence, to be the sister group of the subfamily Rhynchodeminae. However, recent phylogenetic analyses indicated that both subfamilies are not closely related.

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the subfamily Microplaninae: *'' Amblyplana'' Graff, 1896 *'' Diporodemus'' Hyman, 1938 *'' Geobenazzia'' Minelli, 1974 *'' Incapora'' Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1953 *'' Microplana'' Vejdowsky, 1890 *'' Othelosoma'' Grey, 1869 *'' Pseudartiocotylus'' Ikeda, 1911 *'' Statomicroplana'' Kawakatsu, Froehlich, Jones, Ogren & Sasaki, 2003

Phylogeny

Phylogenetic tree including the land planarian subfamilies after Álvarez-Presas et al., 2008. Note that ''Spathula'' and ''Romankenkius'' belong to the

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References

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