[Molecular phylogeny of Siberian glossiphoniidae (Hirudinea)].

The molecular phylogenetic analysis based on mtCOI nucleotide sequences of Siberian glossiphoniids and phylogenetically relative Palearctic species clearly demonstrated that Siberian representatives do not belong to G. complanata as previously thought, but has an autonomous taxonomic status. In addition, the revealed genetic distances enable to accept the mtCOI fragment as a suitable marker for molecular identification of the species within the Glossiphoniidae (Hirudinea).