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

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

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408

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

Zookeys. 2022 Feb 15:1086:33-76. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Barna Páll-Gergely¹, András Hunyadi², Kaibaryer Meng³, Judit Fekete^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Herman Ottó út 15, H-1022, Budapest, Hungary Plant Protection Institute, Eötvös Loránd Research Network Budapest Hungary.
² Adria sétány 10G 2/5., Budapest 1148, Hungary Unaffiliated Budapest Hungary.
³ National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
⁴ University of Pannonia, Centre of Natural Science, Research Group of Limnology, H-8200 Veszprém, Egyetem u. 10, Hungary University of Pannonia Veszprém Hungary.
⁵ Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Tisza Research, 18/c Bem square, H-4026 Debrecen, Hungary Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology Debrecen Hungary.

Abstract

In this paper an overview of the Laeocathaica species is provided, and the intraspecific variability of several Laeocathaica species demonstrated on multiple shells. Laeocathaicahisanoi 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.prionotropisalbocincta Möllendorff, 1899 is a new synonym of L.prionotropis Möllendorff, 1899, L.stenochone Möllendorff, 1899 is a new synonym of Laeocathaicacarinifera (H. Adams, 1870). Laeocathaicadistinguenda Möllendorff, 1899, L.tropidorhaphe Möllendorff, 1899, and L.dangchangensis Chen & Zhang, 2004 are moved to the synonymy of Laeocathaicaamdoana Möllendorff, 1899. Furthermore, photos of paratypes of Cathaicabizonalis Chen & Zhang, 2004 are published for the first time.

Keywords: Intraspecific variability; shell; systematics; taxonomy.

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