Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) delicatus Pilsbry 1935
Creators: name: Borrero, Francisco J.
name: Breure, Abraham S. H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Orthalicidae
Plekocheilus
Plekocheilus delicatus

description: Plekocheilus (Aeropictus) delicatus (Pilsbry, 1935)
(Figs 5 V–W, 9A)
Plectostylus delicatus Pilsbry 1935: 84, pl. 6 figs 6–8. Type locality: Soacha near Bogotá. Holotype ANSP 164577. Plekocheilus delicatus (Pilsbry); Richardson 1995: 308 (references); Medina and Arias 2007: no page number.
Material. Boyacá, Alto de Verea Suscon, ~ 7 km NW Sogamoso, 2850 m, Olsson leg./1935: ANSP 166110, FMNH 78740; between Toca and Pesca, ~ 9 km W Toca, ca. 10,500 ft [~ 3150 m], Olsson leg.: ANSP 180297; Iguaque (Medina & Arias 2007); Cundinamarca, Soacha: ANSP (10 km SW Bogotá, Hno. Apolinar María & V. Guevara leg./pre-1935), DMNH 148704 (Jackson Colln, on Opuntia ficus-indica Müller), DMNH 76765 (C.L. Richardson Colln), RMNH (found on Opuntia sp., A.S.H. Breure leg./1975); km 1 Variante Soacha, J.E. Espitia leg./2008: MLSB; near Mosquera: RMNH; Soacha, near Bogotá: FMNH 86665; arid zone S Mosquera, 2580 m, J.A. Ramos leg./1965: DMNH 66968; SW Mosquera: ZMN 4003 (arid SW slope with sandstone rocks and Opuntia at the shore of Laguna de La Herrera, 2610 m, B. Hausdorf leg./2000), ZMH 4012 (arid S slope with sandstone rocks and Opuntia near the Aso Gas station, 2680 m, Hausdorf leg./2000); Mosquera, arid zone around Laguna La Herrera, among bushes of Agave sp. and Puya sp., 2632 m, M. Vera leg./2003: ICNB 1151; Zambrinsky [W Mosquera], arid N slope with sandstone rocks and Opuntia, 2630 m., Hausdorf leg./2000: ZMH 4011; Sabana de Bogata [= Bogotá]: ANSP 220447, DMNH 76771, UVZ 83019; Vereda El Vijón; La Calera, Escuela de Caballería; La Calera, Cementos Samper (all C.I. Medina pers. comm.); Laguna de Hernández, Sabana de Bogotá, 2650 m, Medem leg./1958: FMNH 114074 (as P. veranyi); Mondeñedo, above Mosquera, Sabana de Bogotá, 2600–2700 m, J. Carvajal leg./1957: FMNH 114112; Bogotá, Distrito Especial: DMNH 83709, 160230, 160232, 162165, FMNH 125490, 126937, 202079, UF 109987 (not seen); Sabana de Bogotá, Cerro de La Herrera near Laguna de La Herrera, 2600–2700 m, found on Opuntia schulmanni and Solanum lycioides: ANSP 323504; Laguna de Herrera, 2600 m, R. Jaramillo leg.: RMNH; La Herrera near Bogotá, Hno. Apolinar María leg.: MCZ 134971; about 29 km W Bogotá along the road from Mosquera to La Mesa, 2675 m, Breure leg./1975: RMNH; Represa de Vitelma, near Bogotá, C. Uribe leg.: MCZ 157451.
Altitudinal range. 2200–3150 m.
Remarks. Hausdorf (pers. comm.) considers, given the variability of both species, P. delicatus as a synonym of P. succineoides (Petit de la Saussaye, 1840). However, we do find consistent differences between the two and treat them here as separate taxa. P. delicatus has been found on and among cacti (Opuntia spp.), and other plants typical of semi-arid conditions (Solanum lycioides, Agave sp., and Puya sp.).
description: Published as part of Borrero, Francisco J. & Breure, Abraham S. H., 2011, The Amphibulimidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Orthalicoidea) from Colombia and adjacent areas, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 3054 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278895