A new semi-slug of the genus Microparmarion from Brunei, discovered, described and DNA-barcoded on citizen-science 'taxon expeditions' (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Ariophantidae)

By

Schilthuizen, Menno, 1965-
Berenyi, Simon
Ezzwan, Nurilya
Hamdani, Nur Izzah
Wu, Harrison
De Antoni, Luca
Vincenzi, Leonardo
de Gier, Werner
Van Peursen, Anthonie
Njunjić, Iva
Delledonne, Massimo
Slik, Ferry
Grafe, Ulmar
Cicuzza, Daniele

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-4-10

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

11

Pages

e101579--

Subjects

Borneo , Land snails , Malacology , new species , semi-slugs , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e101579

 

Abstract

During citizen-science expeditions to the Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei, several individuals were collected of a semi-slug species of the genus Microparmarion that, based on morphology and in-the-field DNA-barcoding, was found to be an undescribed species.
In this paper, we describe Microparmarion sallehi Wu, Ezzwan & Hamdani, n. sp., after field centre supervisor Md Salleh Abdullah Bat. We provide details on the external and internal reproductive morphology, the shell and the ecology of the type locality, as well as a diagnosis comparing it with related species. DNA barcodes were generated for five individuals and used for a phylogenetic reconstruction. Microparmarion sallehi sp. n. and M. exquadratus Schilthuizen et al., 2019 so far are the only Bornean species of the genus that live in lowland forest; other species are found in montane forests.