Laeocathaica prionotropis Moellendorff, 1899
Figures 25, 26
Laeocathaica prionotropis Möllendorff, 1899: 94-95, pl. 6, figs 1, 1a.
Laeocathaica prionotropis subsp. albocincta Möllendorff, 1899: 95. new synonym
Laeocathaica prionotropis prionotropis . - Yen 1939: 149, pl. 15, fig. 34.
Laeocathaica prionotropis albocincta . - Yen 1939: 149, pl. 15, fig. 35.
Laeocathaica (Laeocathaica) prionotropis prionotropis . - Zilch 1968: 175.
Laeocathaica (Laeocathaica) prionotropis albocincta . - Zilch 1968: 175.
Laeocathaica prionotropis . - Chen and Zhang 2004: 320, figs 309-310.
Type material.
Zw. Yü-lin-guan u. Wen-hsien, coll. Möllendorff ex coll. Potanin 520a, 908a, SMF 9078 (lectotype of L. prionotropis, Fig. 25A) • Same data, SMF 9079/3 (paralectotypes) • W. Sy-tshuan, Tung-ho, coll. Möllendorff ex coll. Potanin 312a, SMF 9080 (lectotype of L. prionotropis albocincta, Fig. 25B) • Same data, SMF 9081 (paralectotype of L. prionotropis albocincta).
New material.
China • 1 shell; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian, Bikou Zhen, above the hydroelectric power plant, northern side of Bailong He (locality code: 2016/63); 32°45.966'N, 105°13.005'E; 28 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg.; HA (Fig. 26D, E) • 5 shells; Gansu, Longnan Shi, Wenxian, Chengguan Zhen, next to a museum (locality code: 2016/64); 32°56.471'N, 104°40.379'E; 960-970 m a.s.l.; 28 May 2016; A. Hunyadi leg.; HA (Fig. 26A-C) .
Distribution.
Known from two sites in Southern Gansu Province (Fig. 24).
Remarks.
Laeocathaica prionotropis subsp. albocincta agrees in size and shell shape with the nominotypical form, and therefore it is here synonymised with Laeocathaica prionotropis .