Bensonella karoensis Maassen, 1999

Gojšina, Vukašin, Hunyadi, András, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Auffenberg, Kurt, Grego, Jozef, Vermeulen, Jaap J., Reischütz, Alexander & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2025, A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species, ZooKeys 1235, pp. 1-338 : 1-338

Bensonella karoensis Maassen, 1999

Figs 39 I , 59 , 60

Bensonella karoensis Maassen, 1999: 123–126, figs 8, 9.

Type material examined.

Indonesia • holotype; Jul 1996; W. Maassen leg.; RMNH.Moll.84438 .

Type locality.

“ N. Sumatra, Karo Highlands, Kuta Buluh, 40 km N of Brastagi, near the entrance of the cave Liangdehar in leaf litter at the foot of limestone rocks ”.

Differential diagnosis.

See under B. plicidens .

Distribution.

This species is known only from the type locality.

Remarks.

This species is known only by a holotype ( Maassen 1999).

Figures

Figure 39. Synoptic view of the species belonging to Bensonella plicidens group A B. alycaeus sp. nov. B B. boettgeri C B. cristatissima sp. nov. D B. dha sp. nov. E B. dracula sp. nov. F B. exploda sp. nov. G B. geminounca H B. hooki I B. karoensis J B. lakainguta K B. lophiodera L B. microdentata sp. nov. M B. mirabilis sp. nov. N B. montawa sp. nov. O B. multidentata sp. nov. P B. multihami Q B. nitens sp. nov. R B. nordsiecki S B. obex sp. nov. T B. pahpetensis U B. palatotridens V B. pangmapaensis W B. paviei X B. perfecta sp. nov. Y B. plicidens Z B. sericata sp. nov. AA B. serrata sp. nov. AB B. spelaea sp. nov. AC B. spinosa sp. nov. AD B. taiyaiorum AE B. tamphathai.

Figure 59. Bensonella karoensis, holotype (RMNH. Moll. 84438) A – F shell.

Figure 60. Distribution map of Bensonella boettgeri and B. karoensis.