''Notogynaphallia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 South America.

Description

The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body margins and may or not spread to the dorsum. The copulatory apparatus lacks a permanent penis, i. e., the penis is formed during copulation by folds in the male atrium. The male part of the copulatory apparatus also lacks an ejaculatory duct, so that the prostatic vesicle opens directly into the male atrium. The female atrium is usually irregular and narrow and the ovovitelline ducts join each other behind it.

Etymology

The name ''Notogynaphallia'' comes from

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''νότος'' (back) + ''γυνή'' (female) + ''ἀ'' (without) + ''φαλλός'' (phallus, penis), i.e., "dorsal female without penis", referring to ovovitelline ducts entering the female atrium dorsally and the absence of a permanent penis.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Notogynaphallia'': *''

Notogynaphallia andina ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Hyman, 1962) *''

Notogynaphallia atra ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Schultze & Müller, 1857) *''

Notogynaphallia biseminalis ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Riester, 1938) *''

Notogynaphallia fortuita ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Negrete, Gira & Brusa, 2019 *''

Notogynaphallia froehlichae ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia garua ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1951) *''

Notogynaphallia meixneri ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia modesta ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (von Graff, 1899) *''

Notogynaphallia mourei ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Froehlich, 1956) *''

Notogynaphallia nana ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia nawei ''Notogynaphallia nawei'' is a species of 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 captu ...

'' Negrete, Leal-Zanchet & Brusa, 2015 *''

Notogynaphallia octostriata ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia parca ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (E. M. Froehlich, 1955) *''

Notogynaphallia plumbea ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body ma ...

'' (Froehlich, 1956) *''

Notogynaphallia quinquestriata ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Hyman, 1962) *''

Notogynaphallia schultzei ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia sexlineata ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' Ogren & Kawakatsu, 1990 *''

Notogynaphallia sexstriata ''Notogynaphallia'' is a genus of land planarians from South America. Description The genus ''Notogynaphallia'' is characterized by having a small-to-medium, slender body with nearly parallel margins. The eyes are arranged along the body mar ...

'' (Graff, 1899) Several other species formerly placed in ''Notogynaphallia'' are currently placed in the genera '' Imbira'' and '' Luteostriata''.

References

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