Tardigrades from the Tsinling Mountains, central China with descriptions of two new species of Echiniscidae (Tardigrada)
Li, Xiaochen
Journal of Natural History
2007
2010-12-02
41
41 - 44
2719
2739
3Q993
Thulin
Thulin
1928
[413,884,922,946]
Eutardigrada
Hypsibiidae
Isohypsibius
Animalia
Parachela
16
2734
Tardigrada
species
prosostomus
Material examined Eleven specimens were collected from Ningshan County, 21 specimensfrom Mount Taibai. Remarks My specimens fit the description of this species ( Ramazzotti and Maucci 1983; Dastych 1988). Colourless. Eyes present. Cuticle smooth. Buccal tube wide. Pharynx with apophyses and three macroplacoids. The first two placoids almost contact each other. Claws of Hypsibius type. This species is a new record for China. Its typelocality is in Sweden.
Ningshan County
Mount Taibai
16
2734
21