Pasipha aphalla ( Hyman, 1941 ), 2025

Boll, Piter Kehoma & Luna, Manuel De, 2025, Diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in Central America: annotated checklist with new records of native and introduced species from citizen science, Zootaxa 5695 (1), pp. 1-70 : 29-30

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5695.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EA8FDB85-00AD-491E-B8CD-87B29794F252
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087B1-FFF7-FFE0-96A6-FE42FC74FA3D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pasipha aphalla ( Hyman, 1941 )
status	incertae sedis

Treatment

Pasipha aphalla ( Hyman, 1941) View in CoL incertae sedis

Hyman (1941, as Geoplana aphalla sp. n.: 6–9, figs. 6, 10; PANAMA: Barro Colorado Island)

External diagnosis ( Hyman 1941). About 55 mm long, thin, and flat. Eyes surrounding the anterior end in a single row, then widening to about 3 rows on each side at the end of the anterior third, then gradually decreasing in number toward the posterior end. Dorsum uniformly black due to fine black granulation over a dark brown background ( Figure 14a View FIGURE 14 ).

Possible iNaturalist record ( Figure 15 View FIGURE 15 ). PANAMÁ — Bocas del Toro • Bocas del Toro, Isla Colón; 9.3376 ,

-82.2404; 2 m a.s.l.; 8 Nov. 2021; jessibethvargas_13 obs.; #100801184.