New record of a blood-feeding terrestrial leech, Haemadipsa rjukjuana Oka, 1910 (Haemadipsidae, Arhynchobdellida) on Heuksando Island and possible habitat estimation in the current and future Korean Peninsula using a Maxent model

To build a distribution model for Haemadipsa rjukjuana, we collected current occurrences of the species on Heuksando with adjacent islands. Based on current locations and 19 climate variables with DEM (digital elevation model), we built the MaxEnt (maximum entropy) species distribution model for H. rjukjuana in the islands. Then, we applied the MaxEnt model to the mainland of Korea with the current climate condition and topology. In addition to the current distribution scenario, we predicted the future distribution scenarios in Korea by Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) global climate models. Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP) 585 of two CMIP6 models (GISS-E2-1 and INM-CM4-8) from 2040 to 2100 were used for the future projection. KCI Citation Count: 0