taxonID	type	description	language	source
038A87EDFFE6F951FF10FA95C238E27E.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The name " Pseudopomatias balansai Mabille " was found on labels in The Natural History Museum, London. We were not aware that Mabille had described a species under this name, and speculated that the name balansai was derived from Diplommatina balansai Mabille, 1886 (Páll-Gergely et al. 2015). Examination of the three syntypes (MNHN IM- 2000 - 31807, Figs 2 A – C) in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris revealed that Mellaca balansai is a synonym of Pseudopomatias amoenus Möllendorff, 1885. Two shells had yellowish, and one reddish colouration. The smaller yellowish shell is hereby selected to be the lectotype (MNHN IM- 2000 - 32496; Fig. 2).	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE6F951FF10FBDDC3F3E076.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Mellaca was described as a monotypic genus by Mabille, but nobody has cited this name in the Pseudopomatias literature, and it was missed in our revision (Páll-Gergely et al. 2015) as well.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE6F951FF10F89DC4B6E2A8.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Vargapupa oharai Páll-Gergely, 2015, by original designation.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype (one empty shell, MNHN IM- 2012 - 27159, Figs 3 A – E), paratype (one empty shell with broken apex, MNHN 2012 - 27160, Figs 3 F – I), and one non-type (one juvenile empty shell, MNHN IM- 2012 - 27161). Central Laos, Luang Prabang province, just NE of Phou Khoun, under rocks in old secondary forest above large cave, 1177 m a. s. l., 19 ° 26.784 ' N, 102 ° 26.290 ' E, leg. Ahmed Abdou & Igor V. Muratov, 15.11.2006. (locality code: 32 L 06).	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet humilis (Latin: low, small, slight) refers to the basal keel, which is weaker than in the other two Vargapupa species.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A Vargapupa species with rather spindle-shaped shell, nearly rounded aperture and low basal keel.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	description	Description. Shell rather spindle shaped, light brownish-greyish, with 9 regularly increasing, moderately bulging whorls; protoconch of slightly less than one whorl, very finely granulated, not glossy, without radial sculpture; teleoconch with regular, strong but blunt ribs without spiral striation; ribs lacking on neck region above keel (this area is irregularly, finely wrinkled), but 4 to 5 rather regular ribs present behind peristome; ribs stronger between keel and umbilicus than elsewhere; basal keel blunt, low, starts one half whorl before the aperture, above umbilicus, and ends just a bit before the peristome; groove corresponding to keel inside aperture absent; ribs present on keel, especially in the paratype (Fig. 3 H); the white line visible above keel of the holotype (Fig 3 E) is not a thickening of inner shell surface; aperture nearly rounded, palatal-parietal transition angled, columellar-parietal transition not angled; peristome slightly oblique from lateral view (Figs 3 C, I); parietal callus well developed; apertural rim lighter colour than rest of shell, thickened and slightly reflexed, especially in the direction of the umbilicus; umbilicus very slightly open, slit-like. Measurements of the holotype. H: 8.55 mm, W: 3.0 mm. The other two examined shells are broken.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Vargapupa oharai is much larger, possesses a very strong main basal keel and a weaker additional one, has a channel in the basal part of the aperture corresponding with the main keel, a nearly rectangular aperture, and a less oblique peristome (from lateral view). Vargapupa biheli Páll-Gergely, 2015 possesses a single basal keel that is much stronger than that of the new species, and has a slender triangular shell, which is rather spindle-shaped in V. humilis n. sp. Moreover, similarly to V. oharai, V. biheli also has a less oblique peristome, a slight apertural basal channel corresponding with the keel, and a somewhat rectangular aperture.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
038A87EDFFE7F953FF10FF64C483E35C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Vargapupa humilis n. sp. is known from the type locality only.	en	Páll-Gergely, Barna (2016): A new species of Vargapupa Páll-Gergely, 2015 and a new synonym of Pseudopomatias Möllendorff, 1885 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Pupinidae). Zootaxa 4139 (3): 431-434, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.3.9
