Gieysztoria shiyanensis Wang & Xia, 2014

Xia, Xiao-Jie, Lu, Yan-Hong & Wang, An-Tai, 2014, A new species of Aequales, genus Gieysztoria (Rhabdocoela: Dalyelliidae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 229-235 : 230

Gieysztoria shiyanensis Wang & Xia , sp. nov. （ Figs 1 –9 )

Material examined. Holotype PLA-G00071, wetlands of Shiyan Reservoir , Shenzhen, Guangdong, China (22°40′N, 113°53′E) , 19 June 2013, coll. Yan-Hong Lu, saved in Bouin’s solution and stained by HE. Paratypes PLA-G0072– PLAG0075 , same data as holotype. All materialswere deposited at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ( IZCAS), Beijing, China .

Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality of the species.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Gieysztoria shiyanensis Wang & Xia, sp. nov. 1–2. Photographed in life. 3. Stylet. 4. Squashed specimens. 5–6. Whole specimen. b: bursa copulatrix; br: brain; ey: eye; fd: female duct; i: intestine; og: oesophagieal glands; ov: ovary; ph: pharynx; pv: prostate vesicle; rs: receptaculum seminalis; st: stylet; t: testis; vi: vitellaria; vd: vitelloduct; vs: vesicula seminalis; u: uterus. Scale bars: 1= 100μm; 2, 5= 50μm; 3, 4, 6= 20 μm.

Figs 7–9. Gieysztoria shiyanensis Wang & Xia, sp. nov. 7. Ventral view. 8. Dorsal view. 9. Stylet. br: brain; b: bursa; cag: cement glands (“Kittdrüsen”); e: egg; i: intestine; fd: female duct; og: oesophagieal glands; ov: ovary; ph: pharynx; pv: prostate vesicle; rs: receptaculum seminalis; st: stylet; t: testis; vi: vitellaria; vs: vesicula seminalis. Scale bars: 7= 60μm; 8= 100μm; 9= 20μm.