Macrobiotus grandis Richters, 1911

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 : 2561

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903221547

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scientific name

Macrobiotus grandis Richters, 1911
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Macrobiotus grandis Richters, 1911 View in CoL

Material examined

Thirty-seven specimens were collected from Yunnan Province, 23 specimens from Guizhou Province .

Remarks

The specimens fit the description of this species ( Maucci and Pilato 1974; Ramazzotti and Maucci 1983). Black eyespots present. Body otherwise colourless. The buccal tube is moderately wide. Pharynx with apophyses and two rod-shaped macroplacoids, and a large microplacoid. The first macroplacoid with a median projection, always longer than the second macroplacoid with a sharp curve medially in the caudal end. Claws of hufelandi type, with smooth lunule. This species is a new record for China.

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