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Published: 2006-06-19
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Notes on some tardigrades from southern Mexico with description of three new species

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale “Marcello La Greca” dell’Università,Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale “Marcello La Greca” dell’Università,Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy
Tardigrada south Mexico Pseudechiniscus gullii sp. n. Macrobiotus contii sp. n. Minibiotus continuus sp. n.

Abstract

Eight species of tardigrades are reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas: Selva El Ocote). Two of them (Pseudechiniscus juanitae De Barros, 1939 and Doryphoribius gibber Beasley & Pilato, 1987) are new to Central America, three are new to science: Pseudechiniscus gullii sp. n., Macrobiotus contii sp. n. and Minibiotus continuus sp. n.

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