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Vol. 47 No. 6, 2008
A New Meghimatium Slug (Pulmonata: Philomycidae) from Taiwan
Chi-Li Tsai1,2,* and Shi-Kuei Wu1,3
1Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, Jiji, Nantou County 552, Taiwan
2Department of Life Sciences, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
3University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Chi-Li Tsai and Shi-Kuei Wu (2008) Meghimatium burchi
sp. nov. is described based on its small size (12-16.5 mm in body
length), and its genitalia with a uniquely expanded proximal end of the
vas deferens. DNA sequence analysis within the family
Philomycidae indicated that M. burchi
belongs to the Taiwanese clade. Specimens of this new species
were collected from the watershed of Koan-Tau Mt. of Huei-Sun
Agriculture Farm in Taiwan's Central Mountain Range. The holotype
is deposited at the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung,
Taiwan (catalog no. NMNS-4609-001).
Key words: Philomycidae, Meghimatium, New species, Morphology, Molecular analyses.
*Correspondence: Tel: 886-49-2761331. E-mail:tcl@tesri.gov.tw
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