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The first revision of the carnivorous land snail family Streptaxidae in Laos, with description of three new species (Pulmonata, Stylommatophora, Streptaxidae)

2016/05/16 by Khamla Inkhavilay, Somsak Panha, Thanit Siriboon +2 · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology #Study of Mite Species

paper · doi:10.3897/zookeys.589.7933

openalex publication_date 2016/05/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

The family Streptaxidae in Laos is revised. Twelve species are known, mainly from limestone areas, in the genera Discartemon Pfeiffer, 1856, Perrottetia Kobelt, 1905, Haploptychius Möllendorff, 1906, and Indoartemon Forcart, 1946. Three new species, Perrottetia unidentata sp. n. and Perrottetia megadentata sp. n. from northern and central Laos, and Indoartemon diodonta sp. n. from central Laos, are described. All eight species of these three genera previously recorded from Laos are revised and discussed based on examined material from Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand. Type material was examined and lectotypes are designated. Details of genital anatomy and radulae are provided, including the first detailed genitalia and radula descriptions from Haploptychius. Two novelties in Streptaxidae, a vaginal caecum, and the occurrence of aphallic individuals, are reported from Haploptychius pellucens (Pfeiffer, 1863).

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