edit: Okay, i looked to google... so labiatus is invalid and newts known as labiatus are now inexpectatus.
Not quite.
labiatus is valid...it's just not a
Pachytriton - the name was applied to animals which are actually
Paramesotriton ermizhaoi [aka
Pachytriton C]. Consequently, the older name must be applied to the "new" animals known as
Pac. C and
Par. ermizhaoi, as
Paramesotriton labiatus. That leaves the animals long known; incorrectly, as
Pachytriton labiatus, without a name. The authors correct these problems by redescribing the same species using adult animals from the same locality, with a new name
Pachytriton inexpectatus.
There were some indications of new species in Wu et al 2009, but nothing that can be pinned down in direct relation to the new species. Genetic and morphological indicators were there, but the localities and relationships are not a one to one match between the studies. New species were expected in the
P.granulosus-brevipes complex, but these were expected to be closer to
P.granulosus, not
P.brevipes. The Mao'er Shan population of
P.inexpectatus was genetically distinctive, but no moreso than any other population. Given that two species occur at that locality, and one is more easily detected, it's quite a lucky chance that
P.moi was identified at all. The Anhui populations [
P.feii] were known but thought to be the range limit for both the genus and specifically for
P.granulosus, and they don't seem to have been specifically studied by Wu et al.
The subjects of this forum now include:
Laotriton laoensis [formerly
Paramesotriton laoensis]
Paramesotriton (Allomesotriton) caudopunctatus
Paramesotriton chinensis
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) deloustali
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) fuzhongensis
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) guanxiensis
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) cf. guanxiensis
Paramesotriton hongkongensis
Paramesotriton labiatus [formerly
Paramesotriton ermizhaoi and
Pachytriton C]
Paramesotriton (Allomesotriton) longliensis
Paramesotriton (Paramesotriton) yunwuensis
Paramesotriton (Allomesotriton) zhijinensis
Pachytriton archospotus
Pachytriton brevipes
Pachytriton feii
Pachytriton granulosus
Pachytriton inexpectatus [formerly incorrectly
Pachytriton labiatus]
Pachytriton moi
Pachytriton cf. brevipes, unknown origin
Pachytriton cf. brevipes, Mt Daiyun Fujian, potentially identical to the previous
More species of
Paramesotriton are almost certain to be described, and possibly also
Laotriton.
Pachytriton is another matter, since the variation is both cryptic and habitat-restricted, which means the existing species naes will likely be dissected, rather than distinctive new species being discovered in new localities. I have some studying to do before I can see if identificiation of torrent newts is getting any easier...or harder.