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
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Isohypsibius
cf.
prosostomus
Thulin
Material examined
Eleven specimens were collected from
Ningshan County
,
21 specimens
from
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
type
locality is in
Sweden
.