''Timyma'' is a
genus 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 capture using physical force and the adhesive and digestive proper ...
s from Chile. It is the sole genus of the subfamily Timyminae.
Description
The genus ''Timyma'' includes planarians of elongate body and spatula-like anterior end. Although most land planarians native from South America have dorsal testes, ''Timyma'' has ventral testes, which at first suggested that it is related to the
Australasia species of the tribe
Caenoplanini
Caenoplanini is a tribe of land planarians in the subfamily Rhynchodeminae mostly found throughout the Australasian and Oceanian realms.
Description
The tribe Caenoplanini is defined as containing land planarians with multiple eyes along the bod ...
.
However, the longitudinal cutaneous musculature of ''Timyma'' is very weak, differently from other genera in this tribe.
However, molecular studies confirmed that it is more closely related to other land planarians in South America, having a sister-group relationship with the subfamily
Geoplaninae.
The
copulatory apparatus lacks adenodactyls and a permanent penis papilla.
Species
There are currently two species recognised in the genus ''Timyma'':
* ''
Timyma juliae''
Froehlich, 1978
* ''
Timyma olmuensis''
Almeida & Carbayo, 2021
References
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Geoplanidae
Rhabditophora genera