Description
Species of the genus ''Microplana'' are characterized by having an elongate, rounded body and generally only two eyes. The copulatory apparatus has a permanent conical penis with a muscular bulbus projecting into a short atrium. A genito-intestinal canal or a bursa copulatrix is usually present, connecting the intestine to the female atrium.Ecology
Species of ''Microplana'' are adapted to different habitats. Most species occur in temperate forests, including beech, oak, pine and mixed forests, and seem to prefer neutral to basic soils, with pH values above 6. However, there are species adapted to drier habitats, such as the African savanna. All ''Microplana'' species are carnivores, feeding on other invertebrates. Some are active predators, while others are mainly scavengers.Species
The genus ''Microplana'' includes the following species: *'' Microplana aberana'' (Mell, 1904) *'' Microplana aixandrei'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *'' Microplana astricta'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017 *'' Microplana atropurpurea'' (von Graff, 1899) *'' Microplana attemsi'' (Bendl, 1909) *'' Microplana cephalofusca'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2017 *'' Microplana ceylonica'' (von Graff, 1899) *'' Microplana cherangani'' (de Beauchamp, 1936) *'' Microplana cingulata'' Álvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017 *'' Microplana costaricensis'' (de Beauchamp, 1913) *'' Microplana edwardsi'' Jones & McDonald, 2021 *'' Microplana fuscomaculosa'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *'' Microplana gadesensis'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *'' Microplana garavi'' Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957 *'' Microplana giustii'' Minelli, 1976 *'' Microplana graffi'' (Geba, 1909) *'' Microplana grazalemica'' Vila-Farré, Mateos, Sluys & Romero, 2008 *'' Microplana groga'' Jones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008 *'' Microplana haitiensis'' Prudhoe, 1949 *'' Microplana harea'' Marcus, 1953 *'' Microplana henrici'' (Bendl, 1908) *'' Microplana hovassei'' (de Beauchamp, 1934) *'' Microplana howesi'' (Scharff, 1900) *'' Microplana humicola'' Vejdovsky, 1889 *'' Microplana hyalina'' Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011 *'' Microplana indica'' (Chaurasia, 1985) *'' Microplana kwiskea'' Jones, Webster, Littlewood & McDonald, 2008 *'' Microplana lutulenta'' Álvarez-Presas, Sluys & Mateos, 2017 *'' Microplana mediostriata'' (Geba, 1909) *'' Microplana montoyai'' (Fuhrmann, 1914) *'' Microplana nana'' Mateos, Giribet & Carranza, 1998 *'' Microplana natalensis'' (Jameson, 1907) *'' Microplana nervosa'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *'' Microplana neumanni'' (Mell, 1904) *'' Microplana peneckei'' (Meixner, 1921) *'' Microplana perereca'' Marcus & Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1959 *'' Microplana plurioculata'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2016 *'' Microplana polyopsis'' Sluys, Álvarez-Presas & Mateos, 2016 *'' Microplana purpurea'' (Bendl, 1908) *'' Microplana robusta'' Vila-Farré & Sluys, 2011 *'' Microplana rufocephalata'' Hyman, 1954 *'' Microplana scharffi'' (Graff, 1896) *'' Microplana shenzhensis'' Wang & Yu, 2013 *'' Microplana sparsa'' Sluys, Mateos & Álvarez-Presas, 2017 *'' Microplana termitophaga'' Jones, Darlington & Newson, 1990 *'' Microplana terrestris'' (Müller, 1774) *'' Microplana thwaitesii'' (Moseley, 1875) *'' Microplana trifuscolineata'' (Kaburaki, 1920) *'' Microplana tristriata'' (Geba, 1909) *'' Microplana uniductus'' (de Beauchamp, 1930) *'' Microplana unilineata'' (Frieb, 1923) *'' Microplana viridis'' (Jameson, 1907) *'' Microplana voeltzkowi'' (von Graff, 1899) *'' Microplana yaravi'' du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1957References
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