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Issue: Vol. 1316 No. 1: 18 Sept. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1316.1.4
Page range: 57–68
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 2

Revision of the Chinese species of Ponsadenia (Gastropoda: Helicoidea, Bradybaenidae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Wusidonglu 180, Baoding 071002, China
Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
Mollusca Bradybaenidae Ponsadenia new species China distribution

Abstract

Three Ponsadenia species, including Ponsadenia zhongdianensis sp. nov. from Yunnan, are reported from China. In addition to describing P. zhongdianensis, the genitalia of the two previously known species are re-described and illustrated. The distribution pattern of Ponsadenia and many other endemic bradybaenid genera suggests that the belt encircling the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is important in the formation of the bradybaenid diversity.

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