Laeocathaica filippina (Heude, 1882)

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 filippina (Heude, 1882)

Figure 19

Helix filippina Heude, 1882: 23, pl. 20, fig. 19.

Helix (Plectopylis) subchristinae Ancey, 1882: 44.

Helix subsimilis var. filippina . - Gredler 1884: 264.

Laeocathaica filippina . - Möllendorff 1899: 88-89.

Laeocathaica subsimilis filippina . - Yen 1939: 148, pl. 15, fig. 29.

Laeocathaica (Laeocathaica) christinae filippina . - Zilch 1968: 173.

Type material.

Patong, Heude type coll., USNM 472127, (1 syntype, Fig. 19A ).

Museum material.

China, W-Hupei, coll. K. Hashagen, SMF 24226 /3 • Hubei, Badung, coll. Möllendorff, SMF 24266 /4 (Fig. 19B ) • China: Badung , Hubei: coll. Kobelt (alte Schau-Sammlung) ex coll. Möllendorff, SMF 24266 a/3 • W-Hupei , China, coll. Naegele ex coll. Gredler 1906, SMF 50089 /2 (labelled as L. filippina , det. Wu 2008) • China, SMF 24227 /1 (labelled as L. subsimilis , det. Wu 2008) • China, Sytchuan, Changyang , coll. O. Boettger ex coll. B. Schmacker 1893, SMF 24267 /2 • China: Badung , Hubei: coll. C.R. Boettger 1904, SMF 95118 /5 • China: Changyang , coll. C. Bosch ex coll. Sowerby ex coll. Fulton, SMF 294296/3 • China: Changyang , coll. Ehrmann ex coll. Sowerby ex coll. Fulton, SMF 294295/1 • Changyang, Coll. Denis 1945, MNHN-IM-2014-7942/2 • China: Sytchuan , coll. C. Bosch ex coll. H. Rolle, SMF 294292/1 (mixed sample with L. carinifera ) .

New material.

China • 7 shells; Hubei, Yichang Shi, Changyang Tujiazu Zizhixian, Qingjiang Hualang Fengjingqu , Geheyan Shuiku , Wuluozhougli Shan (locality code: 2010/25); 30°25.805'N, 110°59.254'E; 260 m a.s.l.; 31 October 2010; A. Hunyadi leg.; HA (Fig. 19C ) • 3 broken shells; Hubei, Yichang Shi, Changyang Tujiazu Zizhixian, eastern edge of Changyang, environment of Hukouwan, rocks around the budhist temple (locality code: 2010/23); 30°28.622'N, 111°12.421'E; 95 m a.s.l.; 31 October 2010; A. Hunyadi leg.; HA .

Distribution.

The newly collected samples, and the several museum samples from Changyang (at 30°28'N, 111°12'E), suggest that this species lives downstream along the river Yangtze compared to L. christinae (Fig. 13 ). The type locality of L. filippina (Badong) is situated more upstream, within the area of L. christinae . However, it may be erroneous, as at the time of the description the nearest large city was usually mentioned on the labels.

Remarks.

We did not examine the types of Helix subchristinae Ancey, 1882, and treat it as a synonym of L. christinae following Gredler (1884), while Richardson (1983) listed it under L. christinae .

Figures

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).

Figure 19. Shells of Laeocathaica filippina (Heude, 1882) A syntype, USNM 427127 B SMF 24266 C 2010 / 25. Scale bar: 10 mm. Photographs: downloaded from the webpage of USNM (A), B. Pall-Gergely (B-C).