Dos géneros nuevos de caracoles terrestres (Stylommatophora: Arionacea) de Chile

We describe two new genera of land molluscs found under wet leaf litter in isolated fragments of a secondary native forest at the Hualpén Botanical Park (36º45 ́-36º49 ́ S, 73º9 ́-73º13 ́ W), University of Concepción, Chile. The new taxa are Pichikadi gen.n., of Punctidae, and Chellius gen.n., of Ch...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Vargas Almonacid, Patricio, R. Stuardo, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/6046
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6046
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Caracoles terrestres
Charopidae
Punctidae
Pulmonata
Micromoluscos
Stylommatophora
land snails
Micromollusca
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Sumario:We describe two new genera of land molluscs found under wet leaf litter in isolated fragments of a secondary native forest at the Hualpén Botanical Park (36º45 ́-36º49 ́ S, 73º9 ́-73º13 ́ W), University of Concepción, Chile. The new taxa are Pichikadi gen.n., of Punctidae, and Chellius gen.n., of Charopidae, with the following new species: Pichikadi hualpensis sp.n., and Chellius piramidalis sp.n. English diagnosis are presented for all taxa, together with an English identification key and English versions of figure captions and table headings. To facilitate subsequent studies and interpretations, we follow recent authors in using mainly shell characters, an approach that has favored the present taxonomic stability of the world’s land micromollusca. The diagnosis and observations are complemented with a key for the species of these families inhabiting continental Chile.