Haemadipsa
| Haemadipsa | |
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| Tiger leech in Borneo, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Haemadipsidae |
| Genus: | Haemadipsa Tennent, 1859 |
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Haemadipsa is a genus of leeches, with members commonly known as jawed land leeches. These annelids are known from subtropical and tropical regions around the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Well-known Haemadipsa are for example the Indian Leech (Haemadipsa sylvestris) and the yamabiru or Japanese Mountain Leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica). Members of the genus feed on blood.[1][circular reference] They are troublesome to humans and animals especially because their bites result in prolonged bleeding.[2]
Species
As of 2025, the genus Haemadipsa includes:[3][4]
- Haemadipsa crenata Ngamprasertwong, 2007
- Haemadipsa hainana (Song, Zhang et Tan, 1977) - Hainan Island, China
- Haemadipsa interrupta Moore, 1935 - Thailand
- Haemadipsa japonica Yang, 1996
- Haemadipsa limuna
- Haemadipsa montana Moore, 1927
- Haemadipsa morsitans Blanchard, 1917
- Haemadipsa ornata Moore, 1927
- Haemadipsa picta Moore, 1929 (Tiger leech)
- Haemadipsa rjukjuana Oka, 1910 - Taiwan
- Haemadipsa sumatrana Horst, 1883[5] - Borneo, Sumatra
- Haemadipsa sylvestris Blanchard, 1894 - India, Indochina, Malesia
- Haemadipsa trimaculosa Ngamprasertwong, 2007
- Haemadipsa yanyuanensis Liu & Song, 1977 - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Haemadipsa zeylanica (Moquin-Tandon, 1827) (Japanese mountain leech) - may contain subspecies: H. zeylanica japonica
H. zeylanica cochiniana[6]
- Moved elsewhere
- Haemadipsa cavatuses Yang et al., 2009 is now in Sinospelaeobdella
References
- ^ Haemadipsidae
- ^ "Medical Definition of HAEMADIPSA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ "Haemadipsa Tennent, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Haemadipsa ". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
- ^ Mangunjaya, F. M (1985) Mengenal Pacet (Haemadipsa sylvestris Blanchard), dan Kemungkinannya untuk Pengobatan. llmu dan Budaya VII: (3), 178-187.
- ^ "Haemadipsa zeylanica cochiniana | Smithsonian Institution". www.si.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-09.