Echiniscus nepalensis Dastych, 1975

Li, Xiaochen, Wang, Lizhi, Liu, Ying & Su, Lina, 2005, A new species and five new records of the family Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) from China, Zootaxa 1093 (1), pp. 25-33 : 28

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1093.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5053589

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BB87A4-FFF3-CD26-C507-FEDDD5FFFD74

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Felipe

scientific name

Echiniscus nepalensis Dastych, 1975
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Echiniscus nepalensis Dastych, 1975 View in CoL ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 )

Material examined: Six specimens were collected from Mount Taibai at 3,720 m a.s.l.

Description: Eyespots present. Cuticular sculpture consists of many small polygonal depressions distributed irregularly, varying in size. Median plate III absent.

Remarks: Our specimens are different from the specimens from the Himalayas by the second median plate transversely divided into a smooth anterior part and a posterior part decorated with the usual sculpture. The type locality of this species is the Himalayas, Nepal ( Dastych, 1975). It was also collected in some localities of New Zealand ( Ramazzotti & Maucci, 1983). It has never been reported from China before.

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