A new semi-slug of the genus Microparmarion from Brunei, discovered, described and DNA-barcoded on citizen-science 'taxon expeditions' (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora, Ariophantidae)

• Published in: Biodiversity data journal 2023-04, Vol.11, p.e101579-e101579
• Main Authors: Schilthuizen, Menno, Berenyi, Simon, Ezzwan, Nurilya Syamimi Muhammad Nazirul, Hamdani, Nur Izzah Amal Afiqah, Wu, Harrison, De Antoni, Luca, Vincenzi, Leonardo, de Gier, Werner, van Peursen, Anthonie D P, Njunjić, Iva, Delledonne, Massimo, Slik, Ferry, Grafe, Ulmar, Cicuzza, Daniele
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Borneo; Brunei; Dissection; Ethanol; Forests; Gastropoda; land sn; Life sciences; malacology; Mollusca; Mollusks; Montane environments; Morphology; National parks; new species; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Shells; Smartphones; Species; Stylommatophora; Systematics; Taxonomy; Taxonomy & Inventories
• ISSN: 1314-2828; 1314-2836; 1314-2828
• DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e101579

During citizen-science expeditions to the Ulu Temburong National Park, Brunei, several individuals were collected of a semi-slug species of the genus that, based on morphology and in-the-field DNA-barcoding, was found to be an undescribed species. In this paper, we describe Wu, Ezzwan & Hamdani, n. sp., after field centre supervisor Md Salleh Abdullah Bat. We provide details on the external and internal reproductive morphology, the shell and the ecology of the type locality, as well as a diagnosis comparing it with related species. DNA barcodes were generated for five individuals and used for a phylogenetic reconstruction. sp. n. and Schilthuizen et al., 2019 so far are the only Bornean species of the genus that live in lowland forest; other species are found in montane forests.