Hirudinea Fauna of Lake Karagöl (Sındırgı-Balıkesir) and Lake Gölcük (Bigadiç-Balıkesir): Two New Records for Turkey

This study was carried out to determine the Hirudinea fauna to Lake Karagöl (Sındırgı-Balıkesir) and Lake Gölcük (Bigadiç-Balıkesir), where no limnological study exists. It was determined the species of Placobdella costata, Helobdella stagnalis, Hirudo verbana, Haemopis sanguisuga and Dina punctata in Lake Karagöl and P. costata, Glossiphonia concolor, Dina lineata and D. punctata in Lake Gölcük. According to the findings of the present study Glossiphonia concolor and Dina punctata were new records for the Turkish Hirudinea fauna.