Figure 2 in Long forgotten record of a freshwater leech on Madagascar indicates a host-associated dispersal event from continental Africa

Figure 2. General view and labels of F. Sikora's sample of Placobdelloides multistriatus (N = 2), Andrahomana, Southern Madagascar (ZIN Hirudinea 2227). (a) Specimen No 1 (red arrow shows a rupture at the ventral side). (b) Specimen No 2. (c) Original label with locality and host data (handwritten by F. Sikora in 1899). (d) Example of the word 'Andrahomana' from a handwritten letter of F. Sikora, Fort Dauphin, 17 December 1900 (Breure 2015, fig. 55c). (e) Original label with collection number (handwritten by F. Sikora in 1899 or later). (f) Two examples of a crossed out letter 'N' from a handwritten letter of F. Sikora, Fort Dauphin, 17 December 1900 (Breure 2015, fig. 55b). (g) Secondary label containing species name with a question mark (most likely handwritten by V. Plotnikov in 1904). (h) Secondary label (most likely handwritten by E. Lukin in 1960s-1970s). Scale bar = 1.0 mm (a-b). Photos: Tatyana A. Eliseeva and Iya G. Tsiplenkina.