Tardigrades from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (China) with description of two new species in the genera Mixibius (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) and Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)
Author
Wang, Lizhi
text
Journal of Natural History
2009
2009-10-05
43
41 - 42
2553
2570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903221547
journal article
10.1080/00222930903221547
1464-5262
5217519
Macrobiotus grandis
Richters, 1911
Material examined
Thirty-seven specimens were collected from
Yunnan Province
,
23 specimens
from
Guizhou Province
.
Remarks
The specimens fit the description of this species (
Maucci and Pilato 1974
;
Ramazzotti and Maucci 1983
). Black eyespots present. Body otherwise colourless. The buccal tube is moderately wide. Pharynx with apophyses and two rod-shaped macroplacoids, and a large microplacoid. The first macroplacoid with a median projection, always longer than the second macroplacoid with a sharp curve medially in the caudal end. Claws of
hufelandi
type
, with smooth lunule. This species is a new record for
China
.