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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. A distribution map of all known species of Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 except L. anceyi (Moellendorff in Ancey, 1889), L. hisanoi Pall-Gergely, 2022, and L. leucorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 whose precise localities are not known; white dots: the localities where no Laeocathaica species was ever found B distribution of the new species described in this paper, yellow dots: L. qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov., green dot: L. zhengpingliui Wu, sp. nov., brown dots: L. parapolytyla Wu, sp. nov., white dot: L. qiminglii Wu, sp. nov., pink dot: L. cheni Wu, sp. nov., blue dots: L. qishilii Wu, sp. nov., orange dots: L. nordsiecki Wu, sp. nov. C distribution of L. carinifera (H. Adams, 1870) (green dots), L. qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov. (yellow dots), and L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899 (blue dots) D distribution of L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 (green dots), L. distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899 (pink dots), and L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 (blue dots) C equivalent to the larger box in (A), B, D equivalent to the smaller box in (A)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827345" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figs 2A, D</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A, B Laeocathaica amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 A SMF 8952, lectotype B HBUMM 05640 - spec. 1 C L. dolani (Pilsbry, 1934), HBUMM 00069 - spec. 1 D L. carinalis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004, HBUMM 08400 - spec. 1." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827348" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 5A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Genital anatomy of Laeocathaica amdoana Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05640 - spec. 1 A general view B left part of dart sac apparatus C right view of dart sac apparatus, showing position of proximal accessory sacs D ventral view of dart sac apparatus. Abbreviations: AS - accessory sac; At - atrium; BC - bursa copulatrix; BCD - bursa copulatrix duct; DS - dart sac; DtC - a chamber containing love dart; Ep - epiphallus; FO - free oviduct; MG - mucous glands; P - penis; PAS - proximal accessory sac; PR - penial retractor muscle; PS - penial sheath; Va - vagina; VD - vas deferens. Asterisk * indicates the opening of proximal accessory sac." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827349" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 6</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 41" captionStartId="F41" captionText="Figure 41. Internal view of penis A, B Laeocathaica amdoana Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05640 - spec. 1 A general view B proximal penis C L. filippina (Heude, 1882), HBUMM 04166 - spec. 1, general view D, E L. distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05436 - spec. 1 D general view E proximal penis F L. carinalis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004, HBUMM 08300 - spec. 1, general view G, H L. dityla Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 00698 - spec. 1 G general view H proximal penis. Arrows indicate the position where two penial internal pilasters fuse into one distal pilaster." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure41" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827384" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 41A, B</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 46" captionStartId="F46" captionText="Figure 46. SEM micrographs A, B Laeocathaica distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05479 A protoconch B teleoconch C, D L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05495 C protoconch D teleoconch E, F L. prionotropis Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05549 E protoconch F teleoconch G, H L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05640 G protoconch H teleoconch I, J L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05664 I protoconch J teleoconch K, L L. cheni Wu, sp. nov., HBUMM 08368, paratype, juvenile K protoconch L teleoconch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827389" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 46G, H</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 50" captionStartId="F50" captionText="Figure 50. Scatter plots of canonical variate 1 against canonical variate 2 (Canonical Variate Analysis), showing the shell morphological relationships among A Laeocathaica distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899 (green dots; a, average shape), L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 (blue dots; b, average shape) and L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; c, average shape) B L. qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov. (green dots; a, average shape), L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; b, average shape) and L. carinifera (H. Adams, 1870) (blue dots; c, average shape). Encircled dots: 1, SMF 8959, lectotype; 2, HBUMM 05436 - spec. 1; 3, SMF 8952, lectotype; 4, SMF 9074, lectotype; 5, paratype of L. dangchangensis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004; 6, SMF 9071, lectotype; 7, syntype, NHMUK 1870.7.16.7. Data for 5 from fig. 7 D, 6 and 7 from fig. 12 in Pall-Gergely et al. 2022." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure50" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827393" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 50A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 51" captionStartId="F51" captionText="Figure 51. Bayesian phylogram of camaenid species (for detail see in Table 1) based on the concatenated partial mitochondrial 16 S and partial ITS 2 sequences. The tree is rooted with Helix pomatia. Numbers near nodes indicating Bayesian posterior probabilities and Maximum-likelihood bootstrap values are given as BPP BP. Black or orange part shows the topology where the result yielded by using Bayesian-Inference method agrees with that by using Maximum-likelihood method or not, respectively. An asterisk indicates the branch is exactly one third shortened in length. Scale bar is for substitutions per site." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure51" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827394" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 51</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 52" captionStartId="F52" captionText="Figure 52. Schematics of terminal genitalia of some dart-sac-bearing camaenids A Cathaica fasciola (Draparnaud, 1801) (stylized pattern from HBUMM 8142 - spec. 1 - 15, 9 fma; Qingyang, Gansu, 35.738 ° N, 107.701 ° E, 1353 m a. s. l.; coll. Sheng, X. - F., 2017 - VII) B &quot; Cathaica &quot; Cathaica pulveratricula (Martens, 1882) (stylized pattern from HBUMM 08208), one proximal accessory sac is present at the left side of dart sac C Laeocathaica spp. with two proximal accessory sacs at both sides of dart sac D L. phaeomphala Moellendorff, 1899, without proximal accessory sac and with elongated vagina above dart sac E L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899, with two tiny proximal accessory sacs and with elongated vagina above dart sac F L. dolani (Pilsbry, 1934), with a proximal accessory sac at the right side of dart sac. Notes: any fleshy septum inside dart sac chamber is not shown; red dots indicate openings of proximal accessory sac. Abbreviations: AS - accessory sac; DS - dart sac; DSC - dart sac chamber; DtC - a chamber containing love dart; MG - mucous glands; PAS - proximal accessory sac; PR - penial retractor muscle; PS - penial sheath; Va - vagina." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure52" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827395" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">, 52E</figureCitation>
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, 1899: 92, pl. 5, fig. 5; -
<bibRefCitation author="Gude, GK" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Malacology" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" pagination="1 - 11" refId="B16" refString="Gude, GK, 1902. A Classified list of the helicoid land shells of Asia. Journal of Malacology 9: 1 - 11" title="A Classified list of the helicoid land shells of Asia." volume="9" year="1902">Gude 1902</bibRefCitation>
: 6; -
<bibRefCitation author="Yen, TC" journalOrPublisher="Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" pagination="1 - 234" refId="B80" refString="Yen, TC, 1939. Die chinesischen Land- und suesswasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 444: 1 - 234" title="Die chinesischen Land- und suesswasser-Gastropoden des Natur-Museums Senckenberg." volume="444" year="1939">Yen 1939</bibRefCitation>
: 148, pl. 15, fig. 31; -
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408" author="Pall-Gergely, B" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" pagination="33 - 76" refId="B46" refString="Pall-Gergely, B, Hunyadi, A, Meng, K, Fekete, J, 2022. A review of the genus Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae). ZooKeys 1086: 33 - 76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408" title="A review of the genus Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1086.77408" volume="1086" year="2022">
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et al. 2022
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: 38, fig. 3A, B.
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-
<bibRefCitation author="Wiegmann, F" journalOrPublisher="- Petersburg" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" pagination="1 - 186" refId="B63" refString="Wiegmann, F, 1900. Binnen-Mollusken aus Westchina und Centralasien. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des St. -Petersburg 5: 1 - 186" title="Binnen-Mollusken aus Westchina und Centralasien. Annuaire du Musee Zoologique de l'Academie Imperiale des St." volume="5" year="1900">Wiegmann 1900</bibRefCitation>
: 104, pl. 3, figs 91-93.
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-
<bibRefCitation author="Zilch, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" refId="B85" refString="Zilch, A, 1968. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 41. Archiv fuer Molluskenkunde 98(3/4): 155-212." title="Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 41. Archiv fuer Molluskenkunde 98 (3 / 4): 155 - 212." year="1968">Zilch 1968</bibRefCitation>
: 173; -
<bibRefCitation author="Richardson, L" journalOrPublisher="9, Bradybaenidae: Catalog of species" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" refId="B52" refString="Richardson, L, 1983. Miscellaneous Publications of the Department of Malacology of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 9, Bradybaenidae: Catalog of species" title="Miscellaneous Publications of the Department of Malacology of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No." year="1983">Richardson 1983</bibRefCitation>
: 77.
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ZIN RAS No. 2, 1 fma and
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, &quot;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Aegista amdoana</emphasis>
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,
<collectorName>Wen-Xian</collectorName>
[文县],
<collectingDate value="1885-09-08">1885-IX-8</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Potanin</collectorName>
, det.
<determinerName>
<normalizedToken originalValue="Möllendorff">Moellendorff</normalizedToken>
.
</determinerName>
SMF 8952,
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, Ho-dshi-gou,
<collectingRegion country="China" name="Gansu">Gansu</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry name="China">China</collectingCountry>
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectorName="Potanin, Slg. O. v. Moellendorff." country="China" location="Wen-hsien" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="paratype">
ex
<collectorName>Potanin</collectorName>
853.
<collectorName>
Slg. O. v.
<normalizedToken originalValue="Möllendorff">Moellendorff</normalizedToken>
.
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SMF 8953,
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,
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, SO-Gansu,
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.
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2006-10-02" collectingDateMax="2019-10-12" collectingDateMin="2006-10-02" collectorName="Liu, Liu, J. - M., Zheng, W., Shen, Xue-Fen, Shichuanba, Wenxian, Li, Qi-Ming" county="Gansu Province" elevation="927" latitude="33.17534" location="Beishan" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-juvenile="1">
HBUMM05600, numerous fma and juvs; southern slope of
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[北山],
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[武都],
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[陇南],
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, limestone hill with sparse shrubs;
<collectingDate value="2006-10-02">2006-X-02</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Liu</collectorName>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:ADC7D54B847F567B95597DF8581B2718:8DFE46E3AEC9FB196B7E69DD2A3E2EF0" county="Gansu Province" latitude="33.17534" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" name="Jian-Min">Jian-Min</location>
[刘建民],
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,
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[郑伟]. HBUMM05640, numerous specimens, 2 fma dissected,
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[角弓镇],
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,
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, (
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,
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), broken limestone rocks,
<collectingDate value="2006-10-02">2006-X-02</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Liu, J.-M.</collectorName>
and
<collectorName>Zheng, W.</collectorName>
HBUMM05639, 4 fma and
<specimenCount type="juvenile">1 juv</specimenCount>
, 1 fma dissected;
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:ADC7D54B847F567B95597DF8581B2718:B005CF1CA5CFD490B191ED8C63ADFF6B" county="Gansu Province" latitude="33.17534" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" name="Jiaogongzhen">Jiaogongzhen</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:ADC7D54B847F567B95597DF8581B2718:7CC7B3FB0C846527AF1536D37E914C39" county="Gansu Province" latitude="33.17534" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" name="Wudu">Wudu</location>
,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:ADC7D54B847F567B95597DF8581B2718:D1D28DB5615634732A01FC307E8F9393" county="Gansu Province" latitude="33.17534" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" name="Gansu Province">Gansu Province</location>
(
<geoCoordinate degrees="33.57" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="33.57">33.57°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="104.64" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="104.64">104.64°E</geoCoordinate>
), broken limestone rocks,
<collectingDate value="2006-10-02">2006-X-02</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Liu, J.-M.</collectorName>
and
<collectorName>Zheng, W.</collectorName>
HBUMM8147, 1 fma dissected: coll. data as HBUMM05640; DNA voucher HBUMM05626. HBUMM08147, 1 fma dissected,
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:ADC7D54B847F567B95597DF8581B2718:AAAF1C7151E1FB4F77A4808AB691CFA1" county="Gansu Province" latitude="33.17534" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="105.01936" municipality="Gansu Province" name="Wudu">Wudu</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality>Gansu Province</collectingMunicipality>
,
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<elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.27" unit="m" value="927.0">927 m</elevation>
</quantity>
a.l.s., (
<geoCoordinate degrees="33.346111" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="33.34611">33.346111°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="105.044" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="55" value="105.044">105.044°E</geoCoordinate>
), adults on cliff and juvs on deadwood,
<collectingDate value="2017-08-05">2017-VIII-05</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Shen</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Xue-Fen</collectorName>
[盛雪芬], etc.; DNA voucher HBUMM08147a. HBUMM08432, near
<collectorName>Shichuanba</collectorName>
[石川坝],
<collectorName>Wenxian</collectorName>
,
<collectingCounty>Gansu Province</collectingCounty>
, near
<geoCoordinate degrees="33.17534" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="33.17534">33.17534°N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="105.019362" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="105.01936">105.019362°E</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectingDate value="2019-10-12">2019-X-12</collectingDate>
, coll.
<collectorName>Li</collectorName>
,
<collectorName>Qi-Ming</collectorName>
[李启明]; DNA voucher HBUMM08432a
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Gansu: Wudu, Wenxian (type locality).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="additional information of shell">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Additional information of shell.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Very fine and slim granules (~ 20
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long) are present on the protoconch. After the fourth whorl, including the umbilical region, irregularly arranged spiral grooves are present. On teleoconch whorls, the growth lines are low and indistinct.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="general anatomy">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">General anatomy.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Eversible head wart lowly present. Jaw arcuate, with five projecting ribs.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="anatomy of genital organs">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Anatomy of genital organs.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
Penial sheath moderately long, covering ~ 1/3 of penis. Penis slightly expanded distally. Inside penis, two penial internal pilasters fusing into Y-shaped fork at proximal 1/4, accompanied with 4-6 low pilasters. Distally inside penis, numerous fine pilasters merging into ~ 4 short but thick folds near opening of epiphallus. Vas deferens narrow throughout. Vagina between atrium and dart sac elongated, ~ 2 times longer than dart sac. Vagina between dart sac and insertion of bursa copulatrix duct short, ~ 3 mm in length. Dart sac ~ 1/3 length of penis. Love dart ~ 1.2 mm long, apically 2-bladed. Accessory sac small, internally solid, inserting into dart sac medially, opening to distal dart chamber. Mucous glands seven or eight, each complicatedly branched. Proximal accessory sacs two, not touching; each proximal accessory sac tiny, ~ 0.5
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
0.5 mm2 (HBUMM05640-spec.1) or smaller (HBUMM05640-spec.2) in size; each with an opening leading to dart sac chamber. Bursa copulatrix duct of even diameter. Bursa copulatrix ovate.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="49" type="remarks">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
By shell sculpture, including that on the protoconch, this species (Fig.
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) cannot be immediately distinguished from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 46" captionStartId="F46" captionText="Figure 46. SEM micrographs A, B Laeocathaica distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05479 A protoconch B teleoconch C, D L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05495 C protoconch D teleoconch E, F L. prionotropis Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05549 E protoconch F teleoconch G, H L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05640 G protoconch H teleoconch I, J L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899, HBUMM 05664 I protoconch J teleoconch K, L L. cheni Wu, sp. nov., HBUMM 08368, paratype, juvenile K protoconch L teleoconch." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure46" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827389" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">46I, J</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. distinguenda" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="distinguenda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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). It seems that
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
forms a continuous variation of shell shape and the conchological delimitation among these three species that are geographically coexistent is not so distinct (
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et al. 2022
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). According to our observation, the key morphological features to practically distinguish the three species are:
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827348" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 5.</emphasis>
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A, B</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 1899
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
SMF 8952, lectotype
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
HBUMM05640-spec.1
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. dolani" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="dolani">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. dolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Pilsbry, 1934), HBUMM00069-spec.1
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. carinalis" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="carinalis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. carinalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004, HBUMM08400-spec.1.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
brownish/chestnut coloration. In
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
such coloration is usually (!) obviously darker and in
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. distinguenda" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="distinguenda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the coloration is usually very pale (in our Fig.
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, it is a relatively darker shell). However, in HBUMM05479 (dissected, shell not pictured) the shell is in very pale dirty yellow except peripherally whitish.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
peripheral angulation. The level of angulation, in order is
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&gt; (&gt;: stronger than; &gt;&gt;: much stronger than)
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&gt;&gt;
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is also indicated by the geometric morphometric analyses: compared to
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. amdoana" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="amdoana">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A, B Laeocathaica amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 A SMF 8952, lectotype B HBUMM 05640 - spec. 1 C L. dolani (Pilsbry, 1934), HBUMM 00069 - spec. 1 D L. carinalis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004, HBUMM 08400 - spec. 1." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827348" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">5A, B</figureCitation>
; average shape
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in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 50" captionStartId="F50" captionText="Figure 50. Scatter plots of canonical variate 1 against canonical variate 2 (Canonical Variate Analysis), showing the shell morphological relationships among A Laeocathaica distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899 (green dots; a, average shape), L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 (blue dots; b, average shape) and L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; c, average shape) B L. qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov. (green dots; a, average shape), L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; b, average shape) and L. carinifera (H. Adams, 1870) (blue dots; c, average shape). Encircled dots: 1, SMF 8959, lectotype; 2, HBUMM 05436 - spec. 1; 3, SMF 8952, lectotype; 4, SMF 9074, lectotype; 5, paratype of L. dangchangensis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004; 6, SMF 9071, lectotype; 7, syntype, NHMUK 1870.7.16.7. Data for 5 from fig. 7 D, 6 and 7 from fig. 12 in Pall-Gergely et al. 2022." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure50" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827393" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">50A</figureCitation>
) and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 A SMF 9074, lectotype B SMF 9075, paratype C SMF 9077, paratype D HBUMM 05664." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827376" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">33</figureCitation>
; average shape
<normalizedToken originalValue="c">'c'</normalizedToken>
in Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 50" captionStartId="F50" captionText="Figure 50. Scatter plots of canonical variate 1 against canonical variate 2 (Canonical Variate Analysis), showing the shell morphological relationships among A Laeocathaica distinguenda Moellendorff, 1899 (green dots; a, average shape), L. amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 (blue dots; b, average shape) and L. tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; c, average shape) B L. qingchuanensis Wu, sp. nov. (green dots; a, average shape), L. stenochone Moellendorff, 1899 (orange dots; b, average shape) and L. carinifera (H. Adams, 1870) (blue dots; c, average shape). Encircled dots: 1, SMF 8959, lectotype; 2, HBUMM 05436 - spec. 1; 3, SMF 8952, lectotype; 4, SMF 9074, lectotype; 5, paratype of L. dangchangensis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004; 6, SMF 9071, lectotype; 7, syntype, NHMUK 1870.7.16.7. Data for 5 from fig. 7 D, 6 and 7 from fig. 12 in Pall-Gergely et al. 2022." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure50" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827393" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">50A</figureCitation>
), the shell of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be much broader in aperture and the periphery is very bluntly round (
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1899
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
the structure of umbilicus. In both
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
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and
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, the umbilicus is funnel-shaped and through which every whorl is visible. However, in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica distinguenda</emphasis>
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, the penultimate whorl is much projecting and makes a suddenly enlarged umbilicus (
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1899
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; our own observation, e.g., to compare Fig.
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with Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. A, B Laeocathaica amdoana Moellendorff, 1899 A SMF 8952, lectotype B HBUMM 05640 - spec. 1 C L. dolani (Pilsbry, 1934), HBUMM 00069 - spec. 1 D L. carinalis Chen &amp; Zhang, 2004, HBUMM 08400 - spec. 1." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827348" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">5A, B</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 33" captionStartId="F33" captionText="Figure 33. Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe Moellendorff, 1899 A SMF 9074, lectotype B SMF 9075, paratype C SMF 9077, paratype D HBUMM 05664." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure33" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827376" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">33</figureCitation>
).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are clearly distinguishable based on genital features.
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</taxonomicName>
and
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</taxonomicName>
, both of which have a long vagina between dart sac apparatus and atrium that was not seen in
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. distinguenda" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="distinguenda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, can be distinguished by the presence of proximal accessory sac in the former species.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
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belongs to the three species in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica</emphasis>
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that have no proximal accessory sac. In
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there are two tiny proximal accessory sacs, and each has an opening leading to the dart sac chamber, which means the proximal accessory sacs could be functional compared to the blind one (i.e., without opening) observed in
<taxonomicName authorityName="G.Zhang &amp; M.Wu" authorityYear="2021" class="Gastropoda" family="Camaenidae" genus="Pseudiberus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pseudiberus tectumsinense subsp. pingi" order="Stylommatophora" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" phylum="Mollusca" rank="subSpecies" species="tectumsinense" subSpecies="pingi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Pseudiberus tectumsinense pingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0207" author="Zhang, G-Y" journalOrPublisher="Malacologia" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" pagination="257 - 284" refId="B83" refString="Zhang, G-Y, Wu, M, Koehler, F, Liu, T-T, 2021. Review of the genus Pseudiberus Ancey, 1887 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China. Malacologia 63 (2): 257 - 284, DOI: https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0207" title="Review of the genus Pseudiberus Ancey, 1887 (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae) in Shandong Province, China." url="https://doi.org/10.4002/040.063.0207" volume="63" year="2021">Zhang et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
). In addition, in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the dart is apically 2-bladed rather than 4-bladed in
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. tropidorhaphe" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="tropidorhaphe">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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The phylogeny based on ITS2 and 16S suggests that
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sister to
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. distinguenda" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="distinguenda">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName lsidName="L. tropidorhaphe" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" rank="species" species="tropidorhaphe">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 51" captionStartId="F51" captionText="Figure 51. Bayesian phylogram of camaenid species (for detail see in Table 1) based on the concatenated partial mitochondrial 16 S and partial ITS 2 sequences. The tree is rooted with Helix pomatia. Numbers near nodes indicating Bayesian posterior probabilities and Maximum-likelihood bootstrap values are given as BPP BP. Black or orange part shows the topology where the result yielded by using Bayesian-Inference method agrees with that by using Maximum-likelihood method or not, respectively. An asterisk indicates the branch is exactly one third shortened in length. Scale bar is for substitutions per site." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure51" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827394" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">51</figureCitation>
). In
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: 316, fig. 303), the species identified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is dubious and looks like a
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">L. distinguenda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. For more comments, see
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica tropidorhaphe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827349" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Genital anatomy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica amdoana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, 1899, HBUMM05640-spec.1
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
general view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
left part of dart sac apparatus
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
right view of dart sac apparatus, showing position of proximal accessory sacs
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">D</emphasis>
ventral view of dart sac apparatus. Abbreviations: AS - accessory sac; At - atrium; BC - bursa copulatrix; BCD - bursa copulatrix duct; DS - dart sac; DtC - a chamber containing love dart; Ep - epiphallus; FO - free oviduct; MG - mucous glands; P - penis; PAS - proximal accessory sac; PR - penial retractor muscle; PS - penial sheath; Va - vagina; VD - vas deferens. Asterisk * indicates the opening of proximal accessory sac.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1154.86237.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/827350" pageId="0" pageNumber="49" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Figure 7.</emphasis>
Genital anatomy of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">Laeocathaica dolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Pilsbry, 1934)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">A</emphasis>
general view, HBUMM08439-spec.1
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">B</emphasis>
left view of dart sac apparatus, HBUMM08439-spec.1
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="49">C</emphasis>
ventral view of dart sac apparatus, HBUMM00069-spec.1. Abbreviations: AS - accessory sac; At - atrium; BC - bursa copulatrix; BCD - bursa copulatrix duct; DS - dart sac; DtC - a chamber containing love dart; Ep - epiphallus; FO - free oviduct; MG - mucous glands; P - penis; PAS - proximal accessory sac; PR - penial retractor muscle; PS - penial sheath; Va - vagina; VD - vas deferens. Asterisk * indicates the opening of proximal accessory sac.
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