DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.26044810.v1
title: Data from: Rediscovered historical lots uncover the identity of Nikolaj A. Livanow’s <i>Protoclepsis </i>species and clarify the taxonomy of Palearctic waterfowl-associated leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)

description: This dataset (Bolotov et al. 2025b) contains photographic data from our article entitled "Rediscovered historical lots uncover the identity of Nikolaj A. Livanow’s <i>Protoclepsis</i> species and clarify the taxonomy of Palearctic waterfowl-associated leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)" (Bolotov et al., 2025a in <i>Systematic Parasitology</i>; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10221-3). In particular, photographs of historical specimens examined and described by Nikolaj Livanow (1902) could be downloaded here. The historical samples were collected in 1899-1900 and are deposited in the EEZM – Edward Eversman Zoology Museum and Herbarium, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (formerly the Zootomy Cabinet Museum of the Imperial Kazan University), Kazan, Russia. Additionally, a PDF copy of the Hirudinea section of the EEZM historical catalogue (Meyer 1915) is available here.<br><b>References:</b>Bolotov IN, Eliseeva TA, Bespyatykh AV, Kuznetsova EY, Kondakov AV (2025a) Rediscovered historical lots uncover the identity of Nikolaj A. Livanow’s <i>Protoclepsis</i> species and clarify the taxonomy of Palearctic waterfowl-associated leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Systematic Parasitology; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-025-10221-3Bolotov IN, Eliseeva TA, Bespyatykh AV, Kuznetsova EY, Kondakov AV (2025b) Data from: Rediscovered historical lots uncover the identity of Nikolaj A. Livanow’s <i>Protoclepsis</i> species and clarify the taxonomy of Palearctic waterfowl-associated leeches (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). figshare. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.26044810Livanow N (1902) Die Hirudineen-Gattung <i>Hemiclepsis</i> Vejd. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 3:339–362.Meyer EA (1915) Systematic Catalogue of Collections and Preparations of Invertebrates of the Zootomy Cabinet Museum of the Imperial Kazan University. Typo-lithography of Imperial Kazan University, Kazan, 396 pp.<br><b>A PDF copy of the Hirudinea section of the EEZM historical catalogue (photos: T. A. Eliseeva and A. V. Bespyatykh):</b>[file Meyer 1915 - EEZM Hirudinea Catalogue.pdf]<br><b>Raw photos of the type series of </b><b><i>Protoclepsis garjaewi</i></b><b> Livanow, 1902 (lot EEZM 388 “Lake Baikal, 1899, V. Garjaew” by historical catalogue; photos: T. A. Eliseeva and A. V. Bespyatykh):</b>Lectotype of <i>Protoclepsis garjaewi</i>; dorsal view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [files EEZM 388 - Pr_garjaewi lectotype D.jpg; EEZM 388 - Pr_garjaewi paralectotype D.jpg]Paralectotype of <i>Protoclepsis garjaewi</i>; ventral view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [file EEZM 388 - Pr_garjaewi paralectotype V.jpg]Historical vial with the type series of <i>Protoclepsis garjaewi</i> [file EEZM 388 - Pr_garjaewi vial.jpg]<br><b>Raw photos of the type series of </b><b><i>Protoclepsis tessellatoides </i></b><b>Livanow, 1902 (lot EEZM 389 “Lake Baikal, 1899, V. Garjaew” by historical catalogue; photos: T. A. Eliseeva and A. V. Bespyatykh):</b>Lectotype of <i>Protoclepsis</i> <i>tessellatoides</i>; dorsal view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [files EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides lectotype D photo 1.jpg; EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides lectotype D photo 2.jpg; EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides lectotype D photo 3.jpg]Paralectotype of <i>Protoclepsis</i> <i>tessellatoides</i> (medium-sized specimen); dorsal view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [file EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides paralectotype No 1 D.jpg] and ventral view [file EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides paralectotype No 1 V.jpg]Paralectotype of <i>Protoclepsis</i> <i>tessellatoides</i> (small specimen); ventral view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [files EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides paralectotype No 2 V photo 1.jpg; EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides paralectotype No 2 V photo 2.jpg]Historical vial with the type series of<i> Protoclepsis</i> <i>tessellatoides</i> [files EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides vial photo 1.jpg; EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides vial photo 2.jpg; EEZM 389 - Pr_tessellatoides vial photo 3.jpg]<br><b>Raw photos of the type series of </b><b><i>Protoclepsis meyeri </i></b><b>Livanow, 1902 (lot EEZM 391 “Kazan, 1900, N. Livanow” by historical catalogue; photos: T. A. Eliseeva and A. V. Bespyatykh):</b>Lectotype of <i>Protoclepsis meyeri</i>; dorsal view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [file EEZM 391 - Pr_meyeri lectotype D.jpg]Historical vial with the lectotype of <i>Protoclepsis meyeri</i> [file EEZM 391 - Pr_meyeri vial.jpg]<br><b>Raw photos of specimens of </b><b><i>Protoclepsis mollissima</i></b><b> Livanow, 1902 </b><b><i>incertae sedis</i></b><b> (lot EEZM 412 “Lake Baikal, Maloe More Strait, 1899, V. Garjaew” by historical catalogue; photos: T. A. Eliseeva and A. V. Bespyatykh):</b>Specimen No 1; dorsal view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [files EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 eyespots.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 photo 1 D.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 photo 2 D.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 photo 3 D.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 photo 4 D.jpg]Specimen No 2; ventral view; ruler with 0.5 mm divisions [files EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 2 photo 1 V.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 2 photo 2 V.jpg; EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 2 photo 3 V.jpg]Specimen No 1; anterior part with eyespots [file EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima No 1 eyespots.JPG]Historical vial with the two available specimens [file EEZM 412 - Pr_mollissima vial.jpg]