Echiniscus testudo (Doyére, 1840)

Wang, Lizhi, 2009, Tardigrades from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau (China) with description of two new species in the genera Mixibius (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) and Pseudechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae), Journal of Natural History 43 (41 - 42), pp. 2553-2570 : 2554-2556

Echiniscus testudo (Doyére, 1840)

Material examined

One specimen was collected from Guizhou Province.

Remarks

This species was reported as a new record for China from Hebei Province and Guangdong Province ( Pilato 1974). It was subsequently reported from Sichuan Province and Shaanxi Province ( Beasley et al. 2006; Li 2007). This is the first report of this species from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

Heterotardigrada Marcus, 1927

Echiniscoidea Marcus, 1927

Echiniscidae Thulin, 1928

Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928

Bryodelphax lijiangensis Yang

Cornechiniscus Maucci and Ramazzotti, 1981

Cornechiniscus lobatus (Ramazzotti)

Cornechiniscus tibetanus (Maucci)

Echiniscus Schultze, 1840

Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha and do Nascimento Riberio

Echiniscus cavagnaroi Schuster and Grigarick

Echiniscus clevelandi Beasley

Echiniscus limai da Cunha and Ribeiro

Echiniscus migiurtinus Franceschi

Echiniscus perviridis Ramazzotti

Echiniscus reticulatus Murray a

Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontura

Echiniscus testudo Doyére a

Echiniscus wendti Richters

Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911

Pseudechiniscus facettalis Petersen

Pseudechiniscus juanitae Barros b

Pseudechiniscus papillosus Li, Wang, Liu, and Su a

Pseudechiniscus pilatoi Li a

Pseudechiniscus shilinensis Yang

Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehrenberg)

Pseudechiniscus yunnanensis sp. n.

Eutardigrada Marcus, 1928

Apochela Schuster , Nelson, Grigarick, and Christenberry, 1980

Milnesiidae Ramazzotti, 1962

Milnesium Doyère, 1840

Milnesium dujiangensis Yang

Milnesium katarzynae Kaczmarek, Michalczyk, and Beasley a

Milnesium longiungue Tumanov a

Milnesium tardigradum Doyère

Parachela Schuster , Nelson, Grigarick, and Christenberry, 1980

Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928

Calcarobiotus Dastych, 1993

Calcarobiotus (Calcarobiotus) digeronimoi Pilato, Binda, and Lisi a Macrobiotus Schultze, 1834

Macrobiotus ariekammensis Weglarska a

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters b

Macrobiotus grandis Richters b

Macrobiotus harmsworthi Murray

Macrobiotus hibiscus Barros a

Macrobiotus hufelandi Schultze

Macrobiotus mandalaae Pilato a

Macrobiotus mauccii Pilato a

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Macrobiotus montanus Murray a

Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray

Macrobiotus richtersi Murray

Macrobiotus yunshanensis Yang

Hypsibiidae Pilato, 1969

Doryphoribius Pilato, 1969

Doryphoribius flavus (Iharos)

Doryphoribius gibber Beasley and Pilato a

Doryphoribius huangguoshuensis Wang, Wang, and Li Doryphoribius vietnamensis (Iharos)

Doryphoribius zappalai Pilato

Hypsibius Ehrenberg, 1848

Hypsibius biscuitiformis Bartos

Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz) a

Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère)

Hypsibius kunmingensis Yang

Hypsibius pallidus Thulin

Hypsibius runae Bartoš

Isohypsibius Thulin, 1928

Isohypsibius lunulatus (Iharos) a

Isohypsibius marcellinoi Binda and Pilato a

Isohypsibius prosostomus Thulin a

Isohypsibius sattleri (Richters)

Isohypsibius yunnanensis Yang

Mixibius Pilato, 1992

Mixibius pilatoi sp. n.

Diphascon (Diphascon) Plate, 1889

Diphascon (Diphascon) chilenense Plate a

Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue Marcus

Diphascon (Diphascon) pinguiforme Pilato and Binda b

Diphascon (Adropion) clavatum Bartoš

Diphascon (Adropion) prorsirostre Thulin

Diphascon (Adropion) scoticum Murray a

Platicrista Pilato, 1987

Platicrista angustata (Murray)

Astatumen Pilato, 1997

Astatumen trinacriae Arcidiacono

Itaquascon De Barros, 1939

Itaquascon placophorum Maucci a

Notes: a New record for theYunnan-Guizhou Plateau; b new record for China.