Tardigrades from the Tsinling Mountains, central China with descriptions of two new species of Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) Author Li, Xiaochen text Journal of Natural History 2007 2010-12-02 41 41 - 44 2719 2739 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701711046 journal article 10.1080/00222930701711046 1464-5262 5233488 Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray Material examined Eight specimens were collected from Ningshan County , five specimens from Mount Taibai . Remarks This species was reported as a new record for China from Beijing Municipality and Hebei Province (Rahm 1936–1937b, 1937). It was subsequently collected from Yunnan Province ( Beasley and Cleveland 1996 ). My specimens fit the description of this species ( Ramazzotti and Maucci 1983 ; Dastych 1988 ). It has never been reported from the Tsinling Mountains.