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A NOTE ON THE OCCURENCE OF LAND PLANARIANS
were seen. Also in that connection, the
finders had observed that no Lumbricids, the
food animals of this species, were seen.
Again, in 1991 the Museum received 4
specimens, all Artioposthia triangulata,
found in a hen run in Tórshavn, supplied
with the remark that they also were observed
in July 1982 in the downpipes of the building
of the local Parliament in Tórshavn. This
building is covered with grass on the roof,
placed in 1982 and taken from the outskirts
of Tórshavn.
After a broadcasting of the occurrence of
the planarians in the Faroe Islands, the
Museum has received further records, all
from the summer 1991, of the worm from
several localities in Tórshavn and further-
more also from both the most northern and
southern parts of the country. It must be
concluded that the planarian after about 10
years of known occurrence today is general
distributed in the Faroe Islands.
North Atlantic distribution
The species Rhynchodemus terrestris is
widely distributed throughout Europe, in-
cluding Britain, Ireland and Orkney (Har-
tog, 1962; Berland, 1968; Jones, 1978; Ball