A new species of genus Hypechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China

Xizhai Sun; Xiaochen Li

doi:10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.240

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Xizhai Sun,¹ Xiaochen Li^2,*

¹(XS) Department of Life Sciences, Heze University, Heze 274015, China
²(XS, XL) College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China, (XL) e-mail:

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

A new species of the genus Hypechiniscus Thulin is described from China. Hypechiniscus fengi, new species, is compared to the three existing species in the genus, H. exarmatus, H. gladiator, and H. papillifer. Hypechiniscus fengi differs from H. exarmatus in having a robust median dorsal spine and in having larger spurs on the internal claws; it differs from H. gladiator in lacking dentate collar on the fourth pair of legs; and it differs from H. papillifer in lacking any papillae on all four pairs of legs. An identification key to all species of the genus is provided.

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Xizhai Sun and Xiaochen Li "A new species of genus Hypechiniscus (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(3), 240-244, (1 October 2013). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.240

Published: 1 October 2013