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 .