Nineteen new species of Alycaeidae from Myanmar and Thailand (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea)
Author
Páll-Gergely, Barna
Author
Hunyadi, András
0000-0003-3488-2817
hunand@freemail.hu
Author
Grego, Jozef
0000-0002-4977-0415
jozef.grego@gmail.com
Author
Reischütz, Alexander
0000-0002-8844-7004
alexander.reischuetz@gmx.at
Author
Auffenberg, Kurt
0000-0001-9660-6776
kurtauffenberg@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-18
4973
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4973.1.1
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Dicharax omissus
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
Figs 29–30
Alycaeus omissus
Godwin-Austen, 1914: 411
, Plate 155,
Fig. 13
.
Alycaeus
(
Chamalycaeus
)
omissus
—
Gude 1921: 231
.
Material examined.
Lectotype
(hereby designated): 1 shell, “
Siam
& Shan boundary, coll.
Woodthorpe
”,
NHMUK 1903.7
.1.1228.1
.
Paralectotype
: 1 shell, same data as for lectotype,
NHMUK 1903.7
.1.1228.
Other material:
1 shell (
Fig. 29B, D
:
2.94 mm
, H:
1.94 mm
) + 10 shells,
Myanmar
,
Shan State
,
Hopong
centre
5.8 km
—
Namsang
, left side of rd. #4, near „Hopong Spring Cave”,
20°49.028’N
,
97°13.469’E
,
1110 m
a.s.l.
(locality code: 2018/35),
06 Oct. 2018
,
A. Hunyadi
,
K. Okubo
&
J.U. Otani
leg.,
HA
;
8 shells,
Myanmar
,
Shan State
,
Taunggyi
centre ca.
16 km
—
Hopong
, rd. #4 N
1.5 km
, „Shwe Pyi Aunchonda” monastery,
20°47.263’N
,
97°8.239’E
,
1110 m
a.s.l.
(locality code: 2018/46),
08 Oct. 2018
,
A. Hunyadi
,
K. Okubo
&
J.U. Otani
leg.,
HA
;
1 shell (
Fig. 30A, D
:
2.81 mm
, H:
1.8 mm
) + 7 shells,
Thailand
,
Chiang Mai Province
,
1.2 km
N of Wat Tham Klaeb
,
500 m
side road from the junction,
19°33.918’N
,
99°3.690’E
,
650 m
a.s.l.
(locality code: 2015/08),
08 Feb. 2015
,
A. Hunyadi
leg.,
HA
;
1 shell (
Fig. 30B, D
:
2.69 mm
, H:
1.75 mm
) + 2 shells,
Thailand
,
Mae Hong Son Province
,
800 m
from
Tham Nam Lod
toward the
Buddhist
temple,
19°33.928’N
,
98°16.794’E
,
650 m
a.s.l.
(locality code: 2015/12),
09 Feb. 2015
,
A. Hunyadi
leg.,
HA
.
FIGURE 29.
Dicharax omissus
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
. A: lectotype (NHMUK 1903.7.1.1228.1); B: site 2018/35.
FIGURE 30.
Dicharax omissus
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
. A: site 2015/08 (coll. HA); B: site 2015/12 (coll. HA).
Type
locality.
“
Siam
and
Shan
boundary”
.
Diagnosis.
A variable
Dicharax
species
with a relatively densely, regularly ribbed R1, rarely with spiral striation, dense R2 ribs, a rounded central swelling on R3, and an expanded, but not reflected outer peristome.
Measurements.
D:
2.52–2.87 mm
, H:
1.71–1.89 mm
(2018/08 and 2015/12); D:
2.89–3.23 mm
, H:
1.88–2.3 mm
(2018/35 and 2015/46).
Differential diagnosis.
Typical
Dicharax notus
and
D. omissus
are very similar, and since only eroded specimens of the latter species were available, the distinction of these two species was somewhat questionable until newly collected material became available. These specimens reveal that
D. notus
is generally larger, R1 bears denser ribs (although some populations of
D. notus
have less dense R2 ribs), and its outer peristome is more reflected.
Distribution.
Dicharax omissus
is known from the
Shan
States of
Myanmar
and neighbouring Thai provinces of Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son (
Jirapatrasilp et al. 2021
;
Fig. 28
).
Remarks.
The
syntypes
and the newly collected 4 samples (possibly 3 populations) show some variability in terms of the sculpture of R1 and R3, and the presence or absence of the notch at the basal portion of the aperture. However, all of these traits are rather minor and do not justify the distinction of species. The conchological differences of these populations are summarized in
Table 3
.
TABLE 3. Variation of shell characters of
Dicharax omissus
(Godwin-Austen, 1914)
.
shell diameter
(in mm)
|
R1 sculpture
|
R3 sculpture
|
aperture
|
typical
omissus
|
? |
without spiral striation |
smooth |
without basal notch |
2015/08 |
2.61–2.87 |
without spiral striation |
smooth |
with basal notch |
2015/12 |
2.52–2.84 |
without spiral striation |
finely ribbed |
with basal notch |
2015/35, 2015/46 |
2.89–3.23 |
with spiral striation |
finely ribbed |
without basal notch |
The shells of the two samples from Hopong have some slight spiral striation on the R1, which is highly unusual in
Dicharax
. The spiral striae of this species might not be homologous with those of other alycaeid genera, although this requires further investigation.