A review of the genus Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae) Author Pall-Gergely, Barna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-7221 Centre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, Eoetvoes Lorand Research Network, Herman Otto ut 15, H- 1022, Budapest, Hungary pallgergely2@gmail.com Author Hunyadi, Andras Adria setany 10 G 2 / 5., Budapest 1148, Hungary Author Meng, Kaibaryer National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Author Fekete, Judit University of Pannonia, Centre of Natural Science, Research Group of Limnology, H- 8200 Veszprem, Egyetem u. 10, Hungary & Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Tisza Research, 18 / c Bem square, H- 4026 Debrecen, Hungary text ZooKeys 2022 2022-02-15 1086 33 76 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408 1313-2970-1086-33 6C32148CA0144AC488EA82A1509E44F8 43AFBD7D61105F598ADA74076D751C11 Laeocathaica christinae (H. Adams, 1870) Figure 13 Helix (Plectotropis) christinae H. Adams, 1870: 377, pl. 27, figs 4, 4a. Helix christinae . - Gredler 1884 : 264. Laeocathaica christinae . - Moellendorff 1899 : 88. Laeocathaica (Laeocathaica) christinae christinae . - Zilch,1968: 173. Laeocathaica christinae . - Chen and Zhang 2004 : 334, fig. 326. Type material. China, coll. Swinhoe, NHMUK 1870.7.16.6 (3 shells, probably syntypes, Fig. 13A ) • Chine, Ichang & Fungsiang, Achat Salle , MNHN-IM-2014-7932/3 (probably syntypes). Museum material. Asia Centrale , MNHN-IM-2014-7933/3 • Asia Centrale , MNHN-IM-2014-7934/7 • Hupe , China , coll. Staadt , 1969, MNHN-IM-2014-7929/2 + 1 L. carinifera shell (mixed sample, erroneous locality for L. carinifera ) • Moupin , leg. Abbe David , coll. Deshayes , 1872, MNHN-IM-2014-7945/2 (probably erroneous locality) . Figure 13. Shell of Laeocathaica christinae (H. Adams, 1870) A probable syntype , NHMUK 1870.7.16.6 B 2010/29. Scale bar: 10 mm . Photographs: B Pall-Gergely ( B ), Kevin Webb, NHM ( A ). New material. China • 10 shells; Hubei , Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou , Badong Xian , east of Badong , Bashan Senlin Gongyuan , (next to Xinlingzhen) (locality code: 2010/29); 31°01.472'N , 110°25.284'E ; 225 m a.s.l. ; 03 November 2010 ; A. Hunyadi leg.; HA (Fig. 13B ) . Distribution. The type localities and the newly collected sample suggest that this species lives more upstream in the Yangtze valley than L. filippina . The samples from Moupin (Baoxing County, Sichuan) are probably erroneous. We indicated only the newly collected sample on the map (Fig. 14 ). Remarks. We found three samples in the NHM. One of them, containing two shells, was labelled Helix christinae . The other two lots, labelled " Helix christinae var.", contained three shells each. The latter two samples are probably syntypes of Helix christinae var. carinifera , described in the same publication ( Adams 1870 ; see further details under that species). None of the two Helix christinae shells (NHMUK 1870.7.16.6) are identical with the shells figured in the original description ( Adams 1870 : pl. 27, figs 4, 4a). However, the indication of the collector (Swinhoe) agrees with the collector mentioned in the original description. Thus, we treat the two shells of that lot as syntypes. Figure 14. Distribution of Laeocathaica species in China ( B in Fig. 2 ). Adams (1870) gave two type localities: "Ichang and Fungsiang gorges, China". The former is situated upstream of Yichang City in Hubei ( 30°56'N , 110°48.7'E ), whereas the latter is Fengxiangxia, Fengjie County in Chongqing ( 31°2'N , 109°35'E ). Our sample 2010/29 is geographically located between the two type localities. The shells of this sample are identical with the types, but they are smaller.