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species Lens misellus (Morelet, 1865): specimens
2 available nominal species synonyms (3 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Trapezoideus exolescens exolescens — Ramakrishna & Dey (2007)
Trapezoideus misellus — Bogan (2010), IUCN (2012), Do et al. (2018)
Trapezoideus exolescens — He & Zhuang (2013)
Contradens misellus — Konopleva et al. (2019), Konopleva et al. (2019), Bolotov et al. (2020), Zieritz et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Lens misellus — Pfeiffer et al. (2021), Bolotov et al. (2022), Konopleva et al. (2023), Zieritz et al. (2024)

Range

Thailand and Vietnam.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

USNM_420280
Meping, N Siam

Thailand

SMF_319405 Ban Po Lo Huai Kaek Noi Pitsannolok	SMRL_2644 Huai Kaek Noi, Ban La Po, Pitsanolok, Thailand	SMRL_2644 Huai Kaek Noi, Ban La Po, Pitsanolok, Thailand
USNM_786213 Huai Kaek Noi, Ban La Po, Pitsanolok, Thailand	UF_507726 Khwae Noi River off Rt. 1026 approx. 7.5 km NE of Ban Tha Ngam. TH16-15. 17.036, 100.369	MNHN_MP_3355 Mae Ping, Thailand, 150-250 k aval Chieng Mai
UF_507675 Phak River, trib. of Khwae Noi, at Rt. 1143 east of split with Rt. 1237; Nun River drainage. TH15-26. 17.25347, 100.62858	UF_507653 Ping River off Rt. 107 at Kaeng Pan Tao village. TH15-13. 19.28594, 98.96800	ANSP_125659 Siam
BMNH_93-2-4-1593 Siam	USNM_367685 Siam	USNM_85893 Siam
SMF_319404 Thailand: Ping River 1? km? N, Chaing Mai

BMNH_93-2-4-1594-1595. Siam

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Thailand

UF_507726 (ICH-00684). (COI: MT905747, go to Genbank) Thailand, Khwae Noi River off Rt. 1026 approx. 7.5 km NE of Ban Tha Ngam (17.035996, 100.369392).

UF_507726 (ICH-00685). (COI: MT905748, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_507675 (2014-0740). (COI: MT905594, go to Genbank) Thailand, Phak River, trib. of Khwae Noi, at Rt. 1143 east of split with Rt. 1237; Nun River drainage (17.25347, 100.62858).

UF_507675 (2014-0741). (COI: MT905595, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_507653 (2014-0685). (28S: MH346006, COI: MH345986, go to Genbank) Thailand, Ping River off Rt. 107 at Kaeng Pan Tao village (19.28594, 98.968).

UF_507653 (2014-0686_AHE). (COI: MT905561, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_507653 (2014-0686). (COI: MT905560, SRA: SRX8934369, go to Genbank) ditto.

UF_507653 (2014-0687). (28S: MH346007, COI: MH345987, go to Genbank) ditto.