Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) cathcartiae ( Reeve, 1848 )

Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, Zootaxa 3054, pp. 1-59 : 13

Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) cathcartiae ( Reeve, 1848)

( Figs 5 S–U, 9A)

Bulimus cathcartiae Reeve 1848 : pl. 42 fig. 265. Type locality: “ New Granada, Prov. Mérida” [ Venezuela]. Lectotype BMNH 1975288 ( Breure 1979). Plekocheilus cathcartiae (Reeve) ; Richardson 1995: 324 (references; see remarks).

Material. Norte de Santander, 18 km S of Cúcuta, Carriker leg./1947: USNM 590661.?, Colombia, ex H.C. Fulton: USNM 532645 (as Eurytus cathcartiae Reeve , “cotype”); New Granada: ZMUZ 511654 [not seen], BMNH Acc. no. 1829 (Cuming Colln). Venezuela, Mérida: BMNH 1975288; “ Venezuela,” van Lansberge leg.: RMNH.

Remarks. USNM 590661 is the first record for this species with a precise locality in Colombia, although an elevation cannot be assessed with certainty. However, locations at approximately the stated distance from Cúcuta in a S and SW direction range 400 to under 1500 m. We consider this a low elevation in comparison with other species of P. (Aeropictus); it is also possible that the locality data are not accurate. Richardson (1995) grouped P. cathcartiae (Reeve) and P. quadricolor (Pfeiffer) together with P. veranyi (Pfeiffer) . However, P. veranyi is always smaller than P. cathcartiae and confined to the Mérida area in Venezuela; P. quadricolor is different in shell shape, being more elongate.

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FIGURE 5. Plekocheilus (Aeropictus). A – C. P. (A.) tenuissimus Weyrauch, 1967, FML 3364 (H 28 mm). D – F. P. (A.) calliostoma (Dohrn, 1882), CMC C 13263. G – L. P. (A.) succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840). G – I. Syntype MNHN 21884, photo V. Héros. J – L. Lectotype of latilabris Pfeiffer, 1855, BMNH 1975144, photo P. Crabb. M – P. P. (A.) guentheri (Sowerby, 1892). M – N. Syntype of guildingi Dohrn, ZMB 101799, photo L. Matias. O – P. ANSP 104845 (H 36.4 mm). Q – R. P. (A.) succineoides cleeforum Breure, 1977, ZMA (H 37.5 mm). S – U. P. (A.) cathcartiae (Reeve, 1848), lectotype BMNH 1975288, photo P. Crabb. V – W. P. (A.) delicatus Pilsbry, 1935, paratypes ANSP 424990 (H 31, 29.5 mm). X – AA. P. (A.) quadricolor (Pfeiffer, 1848), lectotype BMNH 1975283 (H 30.5 mm).