A new semi-slug of the genus Microparmarion from Brunei, discovered, described and DNA-barcoded on citizen-science 'taxon expeditions' (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Ariophantidae)

Menno Schilthuizen; Simon Berenyi; Nurilya Syamimi Muhammad Nazirul Ezzwan; Nur Izzah Amal Afiqah Hamdani; Harrison Wu; Luca De Antoni; Leonardo Vincenzi; Werner de Gier; Anthonie D P van Peursen; Iva Njunjić; Massimo Delledonne; Ferry Slik; Ulmar Grafe; Daniele Cicuzza

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e101579

A new semi-slug of the genus Microparmarion from Brunei, discovered, described and DNA-barcoded on citizen-science 'taxon expeditions' (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Ariophantidae)

Biodivers Data J. 2023 Apr 10:11:e101579. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e101579. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Menno Schilthuizen^{1

2

3

4}, Simon Berenyi^{4

5}, Nurilya Syamimi Muhammad Nazirul Ezzwan^{4

1}, Nur Izzah Amal Afiqah Hamdani^{4

1}, Harrison Wu^{6

1}, Luca De Antoni^{7

1}, Leonardo Vincenzi^{7

1}, Werner de Gier^{2

1

4

8}, Anthonie D P van Peursen^{1

2

4}, Iva Njunjić^{5

2

4}, Massimo Delledonne^{7

1}, Ferry Slik^{1

9}, Ulmar Grafe^{4

1}, Daniele Cicuzza^{4

1}

Affiliations

¹ Taxon Expeditions B. V., Leiden, Netherlands Taxon Expeditions B. V. Leiden Netherlands.
² Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden Netherlands.
³ Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands Institute Biology Leiden, Leiden University Leiden Netherlands.
⁴ Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Universiti Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei.
⁵ Taxon Expeditions, Leiden, Netherlands Taxon Expeditions Leiden Netherlands.
⁶ University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada University of British Columbia Kelowna Canada.
⁷ Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona Verona Italy.
⁸ Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen Groningen Netherlands.
⁹ Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei.

Abstract

Background: During citizen-science expeditions to the Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei, several individuals were collected of a semi-slug species of the genus Microparmarion that, based on morphology and in-the-field DNA-barcoding, was found to be an undescribed species.

New information: In this paper, we describe Microparmarionsallehi Wu, Ezzwan & Hamdani, n. sp., after field centre supervisor Md Salleh Abdullah Bat. We provide details on the external and internal reproductive morphology, the shell and the ecology of the type locality, as well as a diagnosis comparing it with related species. DNA barcodes were generated for five individuals and used for a phylogenetic reconstruction. Microparmarionsallehi sp. n. and M.exquadratus Schilthuizen et al., 2019 so far are the only Bornean species of the genus that live in lowland forest; other species are found in montane forests.

Keywords: Borneo; land snails; malacology; new species; semi-slugs; taxonomy.

Menno Schilthuizen, Simon Berenyi, Nurilya Syamimi Muhammad Nazirul Ezzwan, Nur Izzah Amal Afiqah Hamdani, Harrison Wu, Luca De Antoni, Leonardo Vincenzi, Werner de Gier, Anthonie D. P. van Peursen, Iva Njunjić, Massimo Delledonne, Ferry Slik, Ulmar Grafe, Daniele Cicuzza.