A review of the genus Laeocathaica Möllendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)

By

Páll-Gergely, Barna
Hunyadi, András
Meng, Kaibaryer
Fekete, Judit

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-2-15

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1086

Pages

33--76

Subjects

Intraspecific variability , shell , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408

 

Abstract

In this paper an overview of the Laeocathaica species is provided, and the intraspecific variability of several Laeocathaica species demonstrated on multiple shells. Laeocathaica hisanoi Páll-Gergely, sp. nov. and L. minwui Páll-Gergely, sp. nov. are described based on specimens found in museum collections. Five new synonyms are recognized: L. prionotropis albocincta Möllendorff, 1899 is a new synonym of L. prionotropis Möllendorff, 1899, L. stenochone Möllendorff, 1899 is a new synonym of Laeocathaica carinifera (H. Adams, 1870). Laeocathaica distinguenda Möllendorff, 1899, L. tropidorhaphe Möllendorff, 1899, and L. dangchangensis Chen & Zhang, 2004 are moved to the synonymy of Laeocathaica amdoana Möllendorff, 1899. Furthermore, photos of paratypes of Cathaica bizonalis Chen & Zhang, 2004 are published for the first time.