Diphascon (Diphascon) pinguiforme Pilato and Binda, 1997

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 : 2568

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903221547

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F87487A6-8741-9909-FEB1-48333DA0ED82

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Diphascon (Diphascon) pinguiforme Pilato and Binda, 1997
status

 

Diphascon (Diphascon) pinguiforme Pilato and Binda, 1997 View in CoL –1998

Material examined

Three specimens were collected from Yunnan Province.

Remarks

The specimens fit the description of this species ( Pilato and Binda 1998). Eyes absent. Cuticle smooth. The buccal tube thin. Pharynx with apophyses and three rod-shaped macroplacoids (the first and second about equal length, the third longer than the first two), a small microplacoid and a septulum. Claws of Hypsibius type, slender. Lunules and other cuticular thickening absent on the legs. This species is a new record for China . Its type locality is in Sibillini Mountains ( Italy) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Tardigrada

Class

Eutardigrada

Order

Parachela

Family

Hypsibiidae

Genus

Diphascon

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