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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Hypsibius stiliferus
Abe
Material examined
Eleven specimens were collected from Mount Taibai.
Remarks
My specimens fit the description of this species (
Abe 2004
). Dorsum covered with irregularly shaped sculpture. Buccal tube narrow. Pharynx with two granule-shaped macroplacoids, microplacoid absent. Cuticular bar present between the anterior claw and the posterior claw on hind legs. This species is a new record for
China
.
Its
type
locality is in
Sakhlin Island
,
Far East
Russia
.