Hemibulimus Martens, 1885

Breure, Abraham S. H. & Borrero, Francisco J., 2008, An annotated checklist of the land snail family Orthalicidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orthalicoidea) in Ecuador, with notes on the distribution of the mainland species, Zootaxa 1768, pp. 1-40 : 29

Genus Hemibulimus Martens, 1885

Subgenus Hemibulimus (Hemibulimus) Martens, 1885

Type species: Liguus (Hemibulimus) excisus Martens, 1885 . Distribution: Ecuador, Colombia.

167. Hemibulimus (Hemibulimus) excisus (Martens, 1885)

Type locality: Colombia, near Popayán.

Distribution:? Azuay, Macas ( Strebel 1909: 108, as “Maccas”).

Remarks: There are two places called Macas, one in Prov. Azuay the other in Prov. Morona-Santiago which we think is too low in altitude compared with the Colombian type locality (2400 m). Besides, there are two places called Quebrada de Macas, one in Prov. Chimborazo (near Riobamba), the other in Prov. Cotopaxi. We have tentatively attributed the locality, which is based on material traded by Rolle, to the one in Azuay, near Cuenca. The species has thus a remarkably disjunct distribution, which may be in part a reflection of insufficient sampling.

168. Hemibulimus (Hemibulimus) magnificus (Pfeiffer, 1848)

Type locality: Quito.

Distribution:? [no specific locality known].

Remarks: This species is only known from the original description, translated by Pilsbry (1899: 185). Type specimen refigured by E.A. Smith (1907).