Hemiplecta dura (Pfeiffer, 1864)

Inkhavilay, Khamla, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Bantaowong, Ueangfa, Chanabun, Ratmanee, Siriwut, Warut, Srisonchai, Ruttapon, Pholyotha, Arthit, Jirapatrasilp, Parin & Panha, Somsak, 2019, Annotated checklist of the terrestrial molluscs from Laos (Mollusca, Gastropoda), ZooKeys 834, pp. 1-166 : 1

Hemiplecta dura (Pfeiffer, 1864)

Helix dura Pfeiffer, 1864[1863]: 524. Type locality: Waigiou Island [Waigeo Island, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia]. Pfeiffer 1868a: 129.

Hemiplecta dura : Wallace 1865: 406. Gude 1903a: 7. Gude 1903b: 96.

Nanina (Hemiplecta) dura : Tapparone Canefri 1883: 201.

Ariophanta (Hemiplecta) dura : Fischer 1891: 22.

Material examined.

Syntypes NHMUK ex. Cuming collection from "Waigiou Island" (2 shells; Fig. 59E).

Distribution.

West Papua Province, Indonesia ( Wallace 1865, Tapparone Canefri 1883, Gude 1903b) and Laos ( Pfeiffer 1868a, Fischer 1891, Gude 1903a).

Remarks.

No material of this species was found in this study and no specimen with a precise locality from Indochina has been recorded so far. Only the type specimens were examined, and the type specimen is illustrated herein for the first time. The species was originally described from West Papua, Indonesia ( Pfeiffer 1864). Later, Pfeiffer (1868a) recorded this species from "Lao Mountains, Cambojae" based on H. Mouhot specimens. Since then, subsequent records followed the previous literature without specimens from Indochina. Thus, we place this species as an uncertain record in Laos.