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A Check-List of Terrestrial Slugs of Turkey with Some New Data and a Description of a New Species (Gastropoda Terrestria Nuda) Vol. 15(3): 95–107 A CHECK-LIST OF TERRESTRIAL SLUGS OF TURKEY WITH SOME NEW DATA AND A DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES (GASTROPODA TERRESTRIA NUDA) ANDRZEJ WIKTOR Museum of Natural History, Wroc³aw University, ul. Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroc³aw, Poland. e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: A list of all slug species recorded from Turkey, with synonyms used and published sources, supplemented with the previously unknown localities and a description of Deroceras orduensis n. sp. new to science. KEY WORDS: Slugs, Turkey, checklist, new species INTRODUCTION The physiographically diverse territory of Turkey are the main reasons behind the investigations on has a very rich mollusc fauna, including numerous slug these gastropods being neglected. Many researchers species. As the malacofauna of this area is relatively do not collect these invertebrates at all, and even in poorly known, new species can still be expected to be many museums the slug material is still very scanty. discovered there in the future and now it is too early to The taxonomy of slugs undergoes extensive determine the geographical distribution of the gastro- changes and many specific names have been synony- pods already recorded. Therefore, it seems justifiable mised. Therefore, for it to be more helpful, the slug to summarise the current knowledge about these list presented below, apart from the currently valid molluscs, which could be helpful in further research names, includes also old synonyms under which the on this group. This check-list is an attempt at such a particular species can be found in older literature on summary. As is usually the case with old publications, the malacofauna of Turkey. It should be also borne in not all data available in the literature are verifiable. Be- mind that some species names in old publications are sides, the last fifty years brought an intensification of mentioned in combination with generic names differ- studies on the molluscs of Turkey, and many collec- ent than they are today. This fact, however, should not tions certainly got enriched with new material much of present any major difficulties. which is still unidentified. This pertains also to slugs. The new localities so far unpublished concern ma- Although slugs do not form a taxon, they consti- terial which was collected partly by Prof. ADOLF tute a group of clear distinctive characters. Their life RIEDEL from Warsaw alone (kept at the Museum and style, difficulty in species identification in the field, re- Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences in duced shells that hinder identification, research Warsaw) and jointly by A. WIKTOR,A.RIEDEL,B.M. methodology which requires dissection and involves POKRYSZKO and E. STWORZEWICZ (below noted as examining anatomical characters, preservation tech- “leg. A. WIKTOR et al.”, deposited at the Museum of niques and methods for the storage of material, etc. Natural History, Wroc³aw University). 96 Andrzej Wiktor CHECK-LIST OF THE SLUGS OF TURKEY Familia Limacidae Lamarck, 1801 Gigantomilax (Vitrinoides) koenigi (Simroth, 1912) Limax koenigi SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. kaukas. Mus. St.- Subfamilia Limacinae Lamarck, 1801 Petersburg 6: 10, pl. 1, fig. 4, pl. 5, fig. 4 (Ker-ogly, Kreisgebiet Olty) Limax satunini Simroth, 1912 Limax oltinus SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. kaukas. Mus. St.- SIMROTH 1912 (unclear taxonomic position): Mitt. Petersburg 6: 15, pl. 1, fig. 8a, pl. 5, fig. 8 kaukas. Mus. St.-Petersburg 6: 6, pl. 1, fig. 1, pl. 5, (Ker-Ogly, Kries Olty) fig. 1 (Tausker, Kreis Olty) Limax jailanus SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. kaukas. Mus. Gigantomilax (Gigantomilax) lederi (O. Boettger, 1883) St.-Petersburg 6: 16, pl. 1, fig. 9, pl. 5, figs 9a-b (Eznos-jaila, Kreis Olty) Amalia (Gigantomilax) lederi BOETTGER 1883: Jahrb. See: SIMROTH 1912, AKRAMOVSKIY 1976, LIKHAREV & dtsch. malak. Ges. 10: 143, pl. 4, fig. 1, (Svanetia – WIKTOR 1980, SCHÜTT 2001 Georgia) Amalia (Gigantomilax) Kollyi RETOWSKI 1889: Ber. Gigantomilax (Vitrinoides) monticola armeniacus seckenb. Ges. 1889: 180, pl. 19, figs 1–9 (Batum, (Simroth, 1886) Risa) = G.(G.) lederi f. Kollyi Limax armeniacus SIMROTH 1886a: Jahrb. dtsch. Also as Pseudolimax malak. Ges. 13: 27, pl. 1, figs 4–7 (Insel Sewanga im See: RETOWSKI 1889, LIKHAREV &WIKTOR 1980, Goktscha-See und Darytschitschach, Armenia) RÄHLE 1992, SCHÜTT 2001 Limax (Vitrinoides) colchicus SIMROTH 1898: Ann. Mus. New localities: Zool. St.-Petresburg 3: 55 (Kazbek) Vil. Artvin (Çoruch) Limax incipiens SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. kaukas. Mus. – Cankurtaran Geçidi – a pass between Hopa and St.-Petersburg 6: 12, pl. 5, fig. 5 (Kyrmyzy Dag Mts, Borçka, mixed forest with beech, Rhododendron Ker-ogly Kreis Olty (-pars)) and chestnut, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. 3.05.2001 Limax (Vitrinoides) kaznakovi SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. – Above the village of Kemalpaºa, NE of Hopa, leg. kaukas. Mus. St.-Petresburg 6: 12, pl. 5, figs 6 a–d A. WIKTOR et al. 4.05.2001 (Pass Satanachaè in the Gokèa Mts) – 5 km SE of Hopa, by the road to Artvin, under See: SIMROTH 1912, AKRAMOVSKIY 1976, WIKTOR stones, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. 2.05.2001 1971, 1994, LIKHAREV &WIKTOR 1980, RÄHLE – Çamlihamºin, overgrown rock-debris by a tribu- 1992, SCHÜTT 2001 tary of the Fýrtýna River, under boulders, leg. A. New localities: RIEDEL 19.05.1994 Vil. Artvin (Çoruh) – Çemlihemþin, by the Fýrtýna River, S of Pazar, – Ca. 3 km of Artvin in the Çoruh valley towards mixed forest with Rhododendron, leg. A. WIKTOR Hopa, rock-slide at the road, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. et al. 1.05.2001 4.05.2001 – Ca. 12 km from Borçka towards Hopa, the Nolu stream valley, under stones, leg. A. RIEDEL Limax (Limax) dobrogicus Grossu et Lupu, 1960 14.05.1984 Limax dobrogicus GROSSU &LUPU 1960: Arch. Moll. Vil. Rize 89: 162, fig. 5 (Coco) – 2 km NW before Ayder, ca 20 km SE of Çamli- See: RÄHLE 1992, SCHÜTT 2001 hemºin, rock-debris covered mainly by Rubus, leg. A. RIEDEL 16.05.1994 Limax (Limax) maximus Linnaeus, 1758 Limax maximus LINNAEUS 1758: Syst. Nat. Ed. X: 652 Gigantomilax (Vitrinoides) daghestanus (Simroth, (? Sweden) 1898) See: RÄHLE 1992, WIKTOR 1994, SCHÜTT 2001 Limax daghestanus SIMROTH 1898: Ann. Mus. Zool. St.-Petersburg 3: 54 (Turkestan) Limax (Limacus) flavus Linnaeus, 1758 Vitrinoides florenskii SIMROTH 1912: Mitt. kaukas. Mus. Limax flavus LINNAEUS 1758: Syst. Nat. Ed. X: 652 (? St.-Petersburg 6: 18, pl. 2, fig. 12, pl. 6, figs 12 A–C Sweden) (Ardanuè) Limax retowskii SIMROTH 1898: Ann. Mus. Zool. St.- See: AKRAMOVSKIY 1976, LIKHAREV &WIKTOR 1980, -Petersburg 3: 61 (Sephanos bei Trapezund) SCHÜTT 2001 Limax (Lehmannia) variegatus DRAPARNAUD 1801: Hist. Nat. Mus. Terr. fluv. Franc.: 117 (France) Limax (Limacus) flavus ecarinatus BOETTGER 1881: Jahrsb. dtsch. malak. Ges. 8: 167–261 (Kutais= Kutaisi) Terrestrial slugs of Turkey and a description of a new species 97 Also as Lehmannia Eumilax Kalischewskii SIMROTH 1910: Ann. Mus. Zool. See: POLLONERA 1888, RETOWSKI 1889, SIMROTH Imp. Acad. Sc. St.-Petersburg 15: 517, pl 6, figs 1898, 1901, 1910, 1912, BABOR 1905, WAGNER 14–16 (Caucasus) 1934, 1937a, b, 1938, 1940, GERMAIN 1936, Paralimax albomaculatus SIMROTH 1901: Nacktsch. GADEAU DE KERVILLE 1939, FORCART 1953, 1972, Russ. Reiches: 120, pl. 12, fig. 1, map 3 (Caucasus) 1986, GÖTING 1970, WIKTOR 1971, 1994, Also as Amalia STOJASPAL 1986, SCHÜTT 2001, YILDIRIM & See: RETOWSKI 1889, SIMROTH 1901, GERMAIN 1936, KEBAPÇI 2004 GADEAU DE KERVILLE 1939, WIKTOR 1971, 1994, New localities: LIKHAREV &WIKTOR 1980, RÄHLE 1992, SCHÜTT – Istanbul – on plane trunks in the town, leg. A. 2001 WIKTOR et al. 22.04.2001 New localities: Vil. Kirklareli Vil. Artvin (Çoruh) – 6 km SE of Yenice, beech-hornbeam forest, 800 m – 3 km of Artvin towards Hopa in the Çoruh valley, a.s.l., leg. J. SZYPU£A 10.06.1996 (in coll. Mus. rock-slide at the road, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. Nat. Hist. Wroc³aw) 4.05.2001 Vil. Strandzha – Cankurtaran Geçidi – pass between Hopa and – Yenice, pass, beech forest, on tree trunks, col- Borçka, mixed forest with beech, Rhododendron lected at night, no date or collector and chestnut Castanea, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. – Fortress Rumeli Hisar by the Bosphorus River, NE 3.05.2001 (form salamandroides) Istanbul, wet rock-debris covered by Rubus, leg. A. Vil. Rize RIEDEL 31.03.1993 – Dikeya, S of Pazar, by a stream, leg. A. WIKTOR et al. 1.05.2001 Limax (Limacus) maculatus (Kaleniczenko, 1851) – Çemlihemþin, by the Fýrtýna River, S of Pazar, by a Limax flavus ecarinatus BOETTGER 1881: Jahrb. dtsch. stream, mixed forest with Rhododendron, leg. A. malak. Ges. 8: 7, figs 7a-c (Caucasus and Asia Mi- WIKTOR et al. 1.05.2001 nor) – Çamlihamºin, overgrown rock-debris by a tribu- Krynickillus maculatus KALENICZENKO 1851: Bull. Soc. tary of the Fýrtýna, under boulders, leg. A. Nat. Moscou 24: 226, pl. 6, fig. 2 (“Kuczukoiy” – RIEDEL 13.05.1994 Kuuk-koj, Crimea) (nomen praeoccupatum) – 2 km NW of Ayder, ca. 20 km SE of Çamlihemºin, Limax retowskii SIMROTH 1898: Ann. Mus. Zool. St.-Pe- rock-debris covered mainly by Rubus, leg. A. tersburg 3: 61 (Sephanos bei Trapezund, Turkey) RIEDEL 16.05.1994 and SIMROTH 1901: Nacktsch. Russ. Reiches: 89, pl. 5, figs 17–20 Familia Agriolimacidae Wagner, 1935 See: SIMROTH 1898, 1901, LIKHAREV &WIKTOR 1980, FORCART 1986, RÄHLE 1992, WIKTOR 1994, Deroceras (Deroceras) agreste (Linnaeus, 1758) SCHÜTT 2001 Limax agrestis LINNAEUS 1758: Syst. Nat. Ed. X: 652 New localities: (Sweden) Vil. Amasya ?Agriolimax transcaucasicus simplex SIMROTH 1901: – Kaleköy at the road towers ca. 26 km from Amasya Nacktsch. Russ. Reiches: 155, pl. 16, figs 18–30, Tokat, under logs and by a stream, leg. A. WIKTOR map 6 (Sinope und Samsun) et al. 26.04.2001 Agriolimax transcaucasicus SIMROTH 1901: Nacktsch. Vil. Kastamonu Russ. Reiches: 155, pl. 16, figs 18–30, map 6 ? juv. – beneath the pass Ballidag on the side of Dadaj, Agriolimax transcaucasicus var.
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