Laeocathaica polytyla Moellendorff , 1899

Pall-Gergely, Barna, Hunyadi, Andras, Meng, Kaibaryer & Fekete, Judit, 2022, A review of the genus Laeocathaica Moellendorff, 1899 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Camaenidae), ZooKeys 1086, pp. 33-76 : 33

Laeocathaica polytyla Moellendorff, 1899

Figure 20A-C

Laeocathaica polytyla Möllendorff, 1899: 98-99, pl. 6, fig. 7.

Laeocathaica polytyla . - Yen 1939: 149, pl. 15, fig. 41.

Laeocathaica (Laeocathaica) polytyla . - Zilch1968: 174.

Laeocathaica polytyla . - Chen & Zhang, 2004: 331, fig. 322.

Laeocathaica polytyla . - Schileyko 2004: 1686, fig. 2174b-d.

Type material.

Nan-Ping, Sung-pan, coll. Möllendorff ex coll. Potanin 725b, 744, SMF 9098 (lectotype, Fig. 20A ) • Same data, SMF 9099/6 (paralectotypes) • China, S-Gansu, leg. S. Hisano, 22.06.2004, ex coll. S. Hisano, 2011, SMF 336710/1.

New material.

China • 4 shells; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian, Buziba Xiang , northern edge of Taojiaba Cun , 200 m towards Buziba (locality code: 2016/78); 33°02.706'N, 104°37.157'E; 1200 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA (Fig. 20B ) • 11 shells; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian , Chengguan Zhen , cemetery hill above the city (locality code: 2016/65); 32°57.026'N, 104°40.527'E; 1090 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA (Fig. 20C ) • 2 shells; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian , Buziba Xiang , 1 km south of Taojiaba Cun towards Dongyukou Cun (locality code: 2016/79); 33°01.865'N, 104°37.329'E; 1150 m a.s.l.; 31 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 4 shells; Sichuan, Aba, Jiuzhaigou Xian, Baihe Xiang , Taiping Cun , eastern bank of Baishui He (locality code: 2016/73); 33°18.366'N, 104°09.413'E; 30 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 7 shells; Sichuan, Aba, Jiuzhaigou Xian, Guoyuan Xiang , Guoyuaner Cun , environment of the bridge (locality code: 2016/76); 33°06.922'N, 104°19.617'E; 1200 m a.s.l.; 30 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 2 shells; Sichuan, Aba, Jiuzhaigou Xian, Anle Xiang , ca. 1.5 km east of Zhongtianshan Cun towards Jiuzhaigou Shi (locality code: 2016/74); 33°17.279'N, 104°12.702'E; 1445 m a.s.l.; 30 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 8 shells; Sichuan, Aba, Jiuzhaigou Xian, Baihe Xiang , southern edge of Taiping Cun , rock wall facing north (locality code: 2016/72); 33°18.026'N, 104°09.500'E; 30 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 3 shells; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian, Buziba Xiang , southern edge of Buziba Cun , western bank of the river (locality code: 2016/77); 33°03.592'N, 104°37.094'E; 1215 m a.s.l.; 30 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg. ; HA • 2 shells; Sichuan, Jiuzhaigouxian, Guoyuanxiang , 7.7 km from provincial border (locality code: 2011.04.25 A); 33°07.616'N, 104°18.927'E; 1258 m a.s.l.; 25 April 2011; Y. Nakahara, K. Okubo & K. Otani leg. ; PGB.

Distribution.

Known from several precise localities in southern Gansu Province (Fig. 22 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Distribution of the genus Laeocathaica in China A see Figs 8, 11, 17, 24 for details B see Fig. 14 for detail.

Figure 20. Laeocathaica species A Laeocathaica polytyla Moellendorff, 1899, lectotype (SMF 9198) B Laeocathaica polytyla, 2016 / 78 C Laeocathaica polytyla, 2016 / 65 D Laeocathaica hisanoi sp. nov. (holotype, SMF 336708). Scale bar: 10 mm. All photographs: B. Pall-Gergely.

Figure 22. Laeocathaica odophora Moellendorff, 1899 A holotype (SMF 8954) B 2016 / 70 b. Scale bar: 10 mm. All photographs: B. Pall-Gergely.