Abstract Based on a global two-locus phylogeny of the glossiphoniid leeches (COI and 18S rRNA gene fragments), we show that the genus Placobdelloides Sawyer, 1986 (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) is a paraphyletic assemblage. Based on this evidence, we introduce a new genus, Orientobdelloides gen. nov., for a small group of freshwater turtle-associated leeches from Southeast Asia, formerly placed within Placobdelloides. The new combinations are proposed as follows: Orientobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917) gen. & comb. nov.; O. sirikanchanae (Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019) comb. nov.; O. tridens (Chiangkul, Trivalairat, Kunya & Purivirojkul, 2021) comb. nov.
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