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 <i>Placobdella</i> <i>costata</i>, <i>Helobdella</i> <i>stagnalis</i>, <i>Hirudo</i> <i>verbana</i>, <i>Haemopis</i> <i>sanguisuga</i> and <i>Dina</i> <i>punctata</i> in Lake Karagöl and <i>P.</i> <i>costata</i>, <i>Glossiphonia</i> <i>concolor</i>, <i>Dina</i> <i>lineata</i> and <i>D.</i> <i>punctata</i> in Lake Gölcük. According to the findings of the present study <i>Glossiphonia</i> <i>concolor</i> and <i>Dina</i> <i>punctata</i> were new records for the Turkish Hirudinea fauna.