Echiniscus melanophthalmus Bartoš, 1936

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 : 26

Echiniscus melanophthalmus Bartoš, 1936 ( Fig. 1B )

Material examined: Six specimens were collected from Mount Taibai.

Description: Colour reddish­brown, eyespots present. Sculpture consists of closely spaced polygonal depressions. Median plate III absent; cephalic plate facetted and terminal plate with the two usual notches. Cirrus A, B, C and D, filaments C d and D d present; teeth C near cirrus C and teeth D near cirrus D present. Spurs present on the middle two claws on leg IV.

Remarks: This species was observed in the Carpathians, in Romania and Istria ( Ramazzotti & Maucci, 1983). It has never been reported from China before.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, habitus of Echiniscus cheonyoungi; B, habitus of E. melanophthalmus. (A–B: phase contrast). Scale bars = 50 m.