Bensonella fengxianensis
Creators: name: Gojšina, Vukašin
name: Hunyadi, András
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Tongkerd, Piyoros
name: Auffenberg, Kurt
name: Grego, Jozef
name: Vermeulen, Jaap J.
name: Reischütz, Alexander
name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Hypselostomatidae
Bensonella
Bensonella fengxianensis

description: Bensonella fengxianensis (D. - N. Chen, Y. - H. Liu & W. - X. Wu, 1995)
Figs 55, 56
Boysidia fengxianensis Chen, Liu & Wu, 1995: 275–276 (Chinese description), 276–277 (English description), fig. 2.
Bensonella fengxianensis — Schileyko 1998: 140; Páll-Gergely and White 2023: 2016.
Boysidia (Boysidia) fengxianensis — Chen and Zhang 2002: 692.
Boysidia (Bensonella) fengxianensis — Zhang et al. 2014: 572.
Material examined.
China • 7 shells; Shaanxi province, Chang’an district, subtropical broadleaf forest, 1.2 km SE Xiaoqian Goukou village; 33°57.709'N, 108°45.868'E; 780 m a. s. l.; 08 July 2010; D. M. Palatov leg.; coll. JG • 4 shells; Hubei, Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou, Enshi Shi, Taiyanghe Xian, Suobuya Shilin Jingqu, split rock; 30°34.663'N, 108°34.401'E; 975 m a. s. l.; 06 Nov. 2010; A. Hunyadi leg.; coll. HA • 1 shell; Hubei, Enshi Tujiazu Miaozu Zizhizhou, Badong Xian, E Badong, Bashan Senlin Gongyuan (near Xinglingzhen); 31°01.472'N, 110°25.284'E; 225 m; 03 Nov. 2011; A. Hunyadi leg.; coll. HA • 1 shell; Longfengyan, Hengjiangqiaoxiang, Jingzhoumiaozudongzuzizhixian, Hunansheng; 26°27.382'N, 109°34.650'E; 357 m a. s. l.; K. Ohara, K. Okubo, J. U. Otani leg.; coll. PGB • 5 shells; Sanjiaoyan. Zhilouzangzuxiang, Wenxian, Gansusheng Wenxian, Gansasheng; 32°53.180′N,, 104°24.672'E; 1646 m a. s. l.; Y. Nakahara, K. Okubo, J. U. Otani leg.; coll. PGB • 1 shell; along walking path below Cuying Lake (翠映湖), Qingchenghoushan (青城后山), Qingchengshanzhen (青城山镇), Dujiangyanshì (都江堰市), Chengdushì (成都市), Sìchuansheng (四川省); 30°56.2302'N, 103°28.7484'E; 1310 m a. s. l.; A. Hunyadi, T. Ishibe, K. Okubo, J. U. Otani, M. Szekeres leg.; coll. HA.
Type locality.
“ Fengxian County (33°08'N, 106°05'E), Shaanxi Province ” (China).
Distribution.
This species is known only from the type locality.
Remarks.
We could not locate the type specimens of this species. The original illustration of the holotype is inadequate. Based on the presence of the palatal tubercle, arrangement of apertural barriers, and shell shape, this species must belong to Bensonella (as already suggested by Páll-Gergely and White 2023). The specimens examined by us, collected in Shaanxi province (China) where the type locality of B. fengxianensis is located, may belong to this species, but this cannot be confirmed due to the absence of the type specimen. The same can be said for other samples in the nearby provinces (see Fig. 56).
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-338 in ZooKeys 1235 on pages 1-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1235.145281