Three new species of Dentisphaera from Southern China (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Hypselostomatidae)

Zheyu Chen; Liwen Lin; Yutong Ding; Jozef Grego; Barna Páll-Gergely

doi:10.11865/zs.2025205

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Zoological Systematics ›› 2025, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (2) : 150-158. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2025205 CSTR: 32106.14.zs.2025205

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Three new species of Dentisphaera from Southern China (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Hypselostomatidae)

Zheyu Chen^{1, 2}, Liwen Lin³, Yutong Ding⁴, Jozef Grego⁵, Barna Páll-Gergely⁶

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Dentisphaera Páll-Gergely & Jochum, 2017 is a troglobitic land snails genus known to harbour only one species found in a single cave in North Vietnam. Based on recently collected specimens from China, three species, Dentisphaera lagredeae Chen, Grego & Páll-Gergely, sp. nov., Dentisphaera shzha Chen, Grego & Páll-Gergely, sp. nov. and Dentisphaera zhoui Chen, Lin & Páll-Gergely, sp. nov. are introduced as new to science. The distribution range of Dentisphaera is extended based on the collecting records of these new species.

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China, microsnails, new taxa, subterranean biodiversity, taxonomy

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Zheyu Chen, Liwen Lin, Yutong Ding, Jozef Grego, Barna Páll-Gergely. Three new species of Dentisphaera from Southern China (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Hypselostomatidae)[J]. Zoological Systematics. 2025, 50(2): 150-158 https://doi.org/10.11865/zs.2025205

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This study was funded by research grants from the Malacological Society of London and the Melbourne Research Scholarship for ZYC, and the Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA FK 135262) and the Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences for BPG.