The first revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae in Laos, with description of three new species (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Streptaxidae)
Author
Inkhavilay, Khamla
Author
Siriboon, Thanit
Author
Sutcharit, Chirasak
Author
Rowson, Ben
Author
Panha, Somsak
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ZooKeys
2016
589
23
53
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.589.7933
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.589.7933
1313-2970-589-23
EECEC70CA98343C486A208CD536293EB
Taxon classification Animalia Pulmonata Streptaxidae
Genus
Indoartemon Forcart, 1946
Oophana (Indoartemon)
Forcart 1946
: 215.
Benthem Jutting 1954
: 95.
Indoartemon
-
Zilch 1960
: 562.
Richardson 1988
: 223.
Schileyko 2000
: 776, 777.
Siriboon et al. 2014b
: 162.
Type species.
Streptaxis eburnea
Pfeiffer, 1861, by original designation.
Remarks.
The genus
Indoartemon
can be recognized by the dentition, which consists of one parietal and one palatal lamella (a basal lamella is also present in some species). The penis is long, with a thin penial sheath extending about half of the penis length, through which the vas deferens does not pass. Penial hooks are present (
Siriboon et al. 2014b
).
Currently, ten species are recognized, of which seven were reported from Indochina south of China and Hainan. Only one species,
Indoartemon tridens
(
Moellendorff
, 1898) has previously been recorded from Laos (
Richardson 1988
,
Schileyko 2000
,
Siriboon et al. 2014b
); here we describe another.