Published April 23, 2025 | Version v1
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Bensonella taiyaiorum Tongkerd & Panha 2024

  • 1. Department of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Animals, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
  • 2. Adria sétány 10 G 2 / 5., H- 1148 Budapest, Hungary
  • 3. Animal Systematics Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
  • 4. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 1659 Museum Road, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
  • 5. Horná Mičiná 219, SK- 97401 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
  • 6. JK Art and Science, Lauwerbes 8, 2318 AT Leiden, Netherlands
  • 7. Puechhaimgasse 52, 3580 Horn, Austria
  • 8. Plant Protection Institute, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research, Brunszvik u. 2., Martonvásár, 2462, Hungary & Department of Water Management and Natural Ecosystems, Albert Kázmér Faculty of Mosonmagyaróvár, Széchenyi István University, Vár 2., 9200 Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary

Description

Bensonella taiyaiorum Tongkerd & Panha, 2024

Bensonella taiyaiorum Tongkerd & Panha in Tongkerd et al. 2024: 174–176, figs 7 B, 8, 13 H.

Type material examined.

Myanmar • holotype; collector unknown; CUMZ 14380.

Type locality.

“ Dragon Rock, Pindaya Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar (20°55'31.5"N, 96°39'01.2"E; 1300 m a. s. l.) ”.

Differential diagnosis.

This species differs from B. lophiodera by the stronger apertural barriers, narrower umbilicus, and the lack of a sharp cervical crest. Bensonella dracula sp. nov. is smaller, has a second palatal tubercle and lacks the suprapalatal plica.

Distribution.

This species is known only from the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Gojšina, Vukašin, Hunyadi, András, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Auffenberg, Kurt, Grego, Jozef, Vermeulen, Jaap J., Reischütz, Alexander & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2025, A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species, pp. 1-338 in ZooKeys 1235 on pages 1-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1235.145281

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  • Tongkerd P, Lwin N, Pall-Gergely B, Chanabun R, Pholyotha A, Prasankok P, Seesamut T, Siriwut W, Srisonchai R, Sutcharit C, Panha S (2024) Contributions of a small collection of terrestrial microsnails (Pupilloidea, Hypselostomatidae) from Myanmar with description of three new species. ZooKeys 1195: 157-197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.112112
  • Tongkerd P, Lwin N, Páll-Gergely B, Chanabun R, Pholyotha A, Prasankok P, Seesamut T, Siriwut W, Srisonchai R, Sutcharit C, Panha S (2024) Contributions of a small collection of terrestrial microsnails (Pupilloidea, Hypselostomatidae) from Myanmar with description of three new species. ZooKeys 1195: 157–197. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.112112