Erpobdella monostriata

Geographic distribution. Palaearctic species. This species occurs from the Netherland (Haaren et al. 2004) in the west to the Voronezh region of Russia in the east (Utevsky et al. 2015). Irtysh River area: the Irtysh River (N 50 º 25 ′ 26 ′′ / E 80 º 12 ′ 34 ′ '; N 52 º 16 ′ 52 ′′ / E 76 º 56 ′ 06 ′′; N 52 º 18 ′ 33 ′′ / E 76 º 53 ′ 00 ′′), the Semipalatinka channel (N 50 º 24 ′ 06 ′′ / E 80 º 14 ′ 36 ′′), the Kyzylsu River (N 50 º 06 ′ 14 ′ / E 81 º 32 ′ 56 ' ′), Lake Bolshoe (N 50 º 43 ′ 16 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 49 ′′), and Lake Maloe (N 50 º 43 ′ 45 ′′ / E 79 º 40 ′ 15 ′′). Ecology. Eurybiotic organism dwelling in both lentic (lakes and reservoirs) and lotic (lowland and mountain rivers) waters.