Systematic revision of the Plectopylinae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Plectopylidae)
Author
Páll-Gergely, Barna
31E196E9-5A51-4295-9A36-D5DA689502B7
Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), Herman Ottó Street 15, Budapest, H- 1022, Hungary.
pall-gergely.barna@agrar.mta.hu
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-08-16
455
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journal article
22297
10.5852/ejt.2018.455
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Hunyadiscus tigrina
sp. nov.
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:
563BC118-AE90-4801-8D47-9D4E78E32BDE
Figs 29C–D, 31C–D, 32C–D, 33
Plectopylis
sp. –
Tumpeesuwan & Tumpeesuwan 2010: 14
, fig.
2g
.
Diagnosis
Shell medium-sized, dextral, thin-walled, bluntly keeled, with red and yellow stripes and a conspicuously large protoconch; parietal wall with a single curved lamella without additional plicae; palatal wall with seven parallel, horizontal plicae.
Etymology
The name ‘tigrina’ (used as a noun) refers to the red and yellow stripes of this species, which resemble the markings of a tiger.
Fig. 32.
Parietal (A, C, E, G) and palatal (B, D, F, H) plication of species of
Hunyadiscus
Páll- Gergely, 2016 and
Naggsia
Páll-Gergely & Muratov, 2016
.
A–B
.
Hunyadiscus saurini
Páll-Gergely, 2016
, paratypes from the type locality (UF 448579).
C–D
.
H. tigrina
sp. nov.
, paratype (UF 448579).
E–F
.
Naggsia laomontana
(L.
Pfeiffer, 1862
)
from Laos, Luang Praban Province, 20°03.48276′ N, 102°12.79912′ E, 364 m a.s.l., 13 Oct. 2006, K. Ohara leg. (coll. PGB).
G–H
.
N. oligogyra
sp. nov.
(UF 346781). Arrows below the letters indicate the direction of the aperture. Not to scale.
Material examined
Holotype
THAILAND
: 1 shell (D =
13.9 mm
),
Udon Thani Province
, limestone hill,
18 km
W of
Na Klang
, slope of hill, leaf litter,
17°19′30″ N
102°1′48″ E
,
400 m
a.s.l.
,
23 May 1987
,
F.G. Thompson
leg. (
UF
343843).
Paratypes
THAILAND
: 62 shells, same data as for
holotype
(
UF
448579); 2 shells, same data as for
holotype
(
HNHM
97455);
10 specimens
(preserved in ethanol;
3 in
separate vials used for molecular study: PL060, PL061, PL062), same data as for
holotype
(
UF
343844); 4 shells,
Loei Province
, Phu Pha Ya Mountain,
5 km
NNE of Ban Phia, gully, leaf litter,
17°34′31″ N
,
101°51′23″ E
,
800 m
a.s.l.,
22 May 1987
, F.G. Thompson leg. (
UF
343809); 3 shells,
Loei Province
, Phu Pha Ya Mountain,
4 km
NNE of Ban Phia, ravine, leaf litter,
17°34′7″ N
,
101°51′32″ E
,
750 m
a.s.l.,
21 May 1987
, F.G. Thompson leg. (
UF
343782); 26 shells,
Loei Province
, limestone knoll,
1 km
E of Ban Huai Muang, limestone dome, leaf litter,
17°28′26″ N
,
101°53′20″ E
,
375 m
a.s.l.,
21 May 1987
, F.G. Thompson leg. (
UF
343745); 3 shells, same data as for preceding (
HNHM
97473); 80 shells (incl. some juv.),
Loei Province
,
6 km
E of Wang Saphung,
17°17′28″ N
,
101°50′25″ E
, ca
300 m
a.s.l.,
23 May 1987
, F.G. Thompson leg. (
UF
343817); 3 shells, same data as for preceding (
HNHM
97474);
10 specimens
(preserved in ethanol: PL022 and PL023 used for molecular study), same data as for preceding (
UF
343818).
Fig. 33.
Genitalia of
Hunyadiscus tigrina
sp. nov.
, Thailand (UF 343844).
A
. Whole genitalia.
B
. Male genitalia (penis and vas deferens).
C–D
. Inner structure of genital organs (C = penis, D = vagina). Scale bars: A–B = 2 mm; C–D = 1 mm. For abbreviations see Fig. 2. All photos: B. Páll-Gergely.
Description
SHELL. Dextral, lenticular, with bluntly keeled body whorl and conspicuously large protoconch; teleoconch with yellow and red transverse stripes, which are more prominent on ventral surface; fresh shells with periostracum with deciduous folds on keel; protoconch consists of three very finely regularly ribbed and densely spirally striated whorls; dorsal surface of teleoconch irregularly reticulate; entire shell with 5.25–6 regularly increasing whorls, separated by a rather shallow suture; ventral surface almost smooth; inner side of umbilicus irregularly finely ribbed; umbilicus moderately wide but not very deep; peristome only slightly thickened and reflected; parietal region with an additional, inconspicuous calcareous layer; apertural fold absent.
Five shells were opened. Parietal wall with a single, more-or-less vertical, curved lamella. Palatal wall with seven parallel plicae; first shortest and situated close to upper suture; second usually situated on keel, situated in comparatively large distance from first plica; last plica relatively short; middle plicae (third to sixth) usually straight, but slightly sinuate centrally; all plicae thicker anteriorly and thinner posteriorly; sometimes, additional short plicae can be seen above posterior end of last three plicae.
MEASUREMENTS (in mm). D = 12.8–17.3, H = 5.0–7.2 (n = 6).
CHARACTERS OF THE GENITAL SYSTEM. Two specimens were dissected (UF 343818). Right ommatophoral retractor runs between penis and vagina; penis short, internal wall bears a complex structure that is thickened and rounded in proximal part of penis, and divides to two equal ‘legs’ towards atrium; no epiphallic differentiation observed; retractor muscle thick, inserts on proximal end of penis; proximal part of penis contains very small, conical calcareous granules; distal end of vas deferens hidden, it derives near insertion of retractor muscle and becomes a free tube near proximal end of penis; free part of vas deferens very long, thickened near proximal end; vagina about as long as penis, internally with rather irregular, converging longitudinal folds; vaginal bulb slightly developed; bursa copulatrix short, with oval bursa; diverticulum absent.
RADULA. Centrals nearly entirely reduced; endocones of laterals rhomboid; ectocones of marginals undivided or divided to two; endocones of marginals mostly undivided, or divided by shallow incision.
Differential diagnosis
Hunyadiscus saurini
has a shouldered body whorl, stronger spiral striation on the protoconch, a horizontal lower plica anterior to the lamella, and the fifth main palatal plica is strongly Z-shaped. In contrast,
H. tigrina
sp. nov.
usually has a smaller, keeled shell, weaker spiral striation on the protoconch, possesses only a single lamella on the parietal wall, and all its palatal plicae are horizontal.
Distribution
The species is known from
Loei
and Udon Provinces, northern
Thailand
(
Fig. 12
).