Sunday, December 2, 2012

Publications - update 4

The ariophantid Hemiplecta belerang sp. nov. from South Sumatra is described in this paper. It is compared with its closest congeners, from which it is geographically and reproductively isolated.

Hemiplecta belerang Cilia & Abbas, 2012 - holotype specimen 

Hemiplecta belerang, live animal photographed in type locality

Reference:

Cilia, D. P. & Abbas, J., 2012. A new species of Hemiplecta Albers, 1850 (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Ariophantidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversity Journal, 3 (2): 137-144. accessible here