Two new Scolodontidae from the Pantepui region in Venezuela (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata)

We discuss the slow progress within Scolodontidae taxonomy since the contributions of H.B. Baker in 1925. The confusion about the identity of genera and species-specific taxa is likely the cause of this. However, the recent revisions at the generic level in this family and other papers have made it doable to describe new species based on the external shell morphology. This makes it possible to describe new species of which further investigation seems impossible for the time being. This is especially important if they are occurring in areas where field work is difficult or impossible, like in the Pantepui Region in Venezuela. Here, we describe two new species based on material from an expedition in 2015, and from museum material collected in the 1950s.