Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)

Verdcourt, B.: New and little known species of terrestrial Mollusca from East Africa and Congo (Kinshasa)

Arusha, Meru S slope, Usa River settlement (1200 m), 27.III.1979, leg. EŐRY & SlPOS (HNHM 92331/1). CHAROPIDAE Trachycystis lamellosa K. L. PFEIFFER, 1952 Trachycystis lamellosa K. L. PFEIFFER, 1952 in Archiv für Molluskenkunde 81: 93, t. 1., fig. 3; type locality: Tanzania: Meru, by a stream, west of Momella farm at 1700 m (SMF holotype 96718). Distribution: - Tanzania, Mt. Meru. Material examined - Tanzania, Meru Crater, S side, above Usa River, observation tower no. 17, rocks, 28.111.1979, leg. EŐRY & SIPOS (HNHM 93987/5). Remarks - The material matches PFEIFFER' s description and figure. Until liv­ing material has been examined it will not be possible to determine whether this is really a Punctum MORSE, 1864. Lot HNHM 93987/5 consists of numerous small similar shells mostly very worn but there are at least three species involved, the others being Trachycystis iredalei PRESTON, 1912 and Punctum ugandanum (E.A. SMITH, 1903). Trachycystis (Psichion) ariel (PRESTON, 1910) Phortion ariel PRESTON, 1910 in Annals ana'Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, 6: 531, t. 8, Fig. 15; type locality: Kenya: Shimba Hills (MAC Tervuren, holotype; BM 1911.10.12.76, paratype). Trachycystis (Psichion) ariel PRESTON; VERDCOURT (1991) in Conchologists' Newsletter 116: 356 (1991) (references and distribution). Distribution - Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. Material examined - Tanzania, Morogoro Region, Kimboza Forest Reserve, on rocks and trunks, 4.II.1987, leg. MAHUNKA, PÓCS & ZlCSI (HNHM 93871/2). SPHAERIIDAE Pisidium (Parapisidium) reticulatum KUIPER, 1966 Pisidium (Parapisidium) reticulatum KUIPER, 1966 in Archiv für Molluskenkunde 95: 16, figs. 1-4; type locality: Madagascar: Nossi-Bé, Andranobé - brook (SMF 183936 holotype and 183937/2 paratypes). Distribution - Madagascar (Nossi-Bé), Zimbabwe and Tanzania.

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