Rowson B, Paustian M, Goethem JV. New species and records of terrestrial slugs from East Africa (Gastropoda, Urocyclidae, Veronicellidae, Agriolimacidae).
Zookeys 2018:11-42. [PMID:
29362525 PMCID:
PMC5769721 DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.723.21817]
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Abstract
New and little-known terrestrial slugs are dealt with based on extensive collections made in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) 1993–2007. This account deals primarily with larger species from forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. In Veronicellidae, Pseudoveronicella Germain, 1908 is extended to Tanzania by P. (Hoffmannia) zootocatanzaniensissubsp. n. in the Udzungwa Mts. In Urocyclidae, Dendrolimaxparensissp. n. is described from the Pare Mts. and Leptichnoidesavisexcrementissp. n. is described from the Uluguru Mts. In Urocyclinae, Tanzalimaxtattersfieldigen. & sp. n. is described from the Usambara Mts., Tanzalimaxseddonaegen. & sp. n. from the Uluguru Mts., and Udzungwalimaxsuminisgen. & sp. n. from the Udzungwa Mts. In addition, the ill-defined genus Atrichotoxon Simroth, 1910 is discussed and the little-known Dendrolimaxleprosus Pollonera, 1906 is reported from Uganda. In Agriolimacidae, a species of Deroceras Rafinesque, 1820 is reported for the first time from southern Tanzania. The taxonomic attribution and significance of each discovery is discussed.
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