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
Isohypsibius lunulatus
(Iharos, 1966)
Material examined
Five specimens were collected from
Yunnan Province
,
one specimen
from
Guizhou Province
.
Remarks
This species was reported as a new record for
China
from
Shaanxi Province
(
Li 2007
). Colourless. Eyes present. Dorsum of the body with 10 transverse rows of large gibbosities. Cuticle on dorsal side of the body including the gibbosities was covered with densely distributed tubercles. Pharynx with robust apophyses and two rod-shaped macroplacoids, the first macroplacoid with a middle constriction, microplaciod absent. The principal branch of the external claws with a basal portion more robust and a more sharpened distal portion. Accessory points present on the principal branches of the claws. Cuticular bars present on the first three pairs of legs. Lunules present on all legs. My specimens fit the description of this species (
Ramazzotti and Maucci 1983
). This is the first report of this species from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.