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Issue: Vol. 638 No. 1: 13 Sept. 2004
Type: Article
Published: 2004-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.638.1.1
Page range: 1–7
Abstract views: 52
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Macrobiotus dariae sp. n., a new species of eutardigrade (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Cyprus

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale “Marcello La Greca” dell’Università di Catania , Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania Italy
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale dell’Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/D, 41100, Modena, Italy
Tardigrada taxonomy Macrobiotus dariae sp. n. Cyprus

Abstract

Macrobiotus dariae sp. n. is a new species of eutardigrade characterized by a smooth cuticle with small pores; pharyngeal bulb with two macroplacoids and microplacoid; eggs with a reticular sculpture around small conical processes. The new species is similar to M. recens Cu not, 1932, M. mongolicus Maucci, 1988, M. glebkai Biserov, 1990 and M. kozharai Biserov, 1999 from which it differs in some characters (qualitative and quantitative) relating to both specimens and eggs.

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