New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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Two new species and new records of Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada) from New Zealand

GIOVANNI PILATO
MARIA GRAZIA BINDA

Dipartimento di Biologia Animale dell'Università di Catania
Via Androne 81
95124 Catania, Italy

Abstract  New Zealand specimens identified as Macrobiotus liviae Ramazzotti, 1962 by Horning et al. (1978) do not belong to that species but to five species: Macrobiotus pseudoliviae n. sp., Macrobiotus armatus n. sp., Macrobiotus montanus Murray, 1910, Macrobiotus diffusus Binda & Pilato, 1987 (new record for New Zealand), and Macrobiotus hieronimi Pilato & Claxton, 1988 (new record for New Zealand).

  Macrobiotus pseudoliviae differs from Macrobioitus liviae in the buccal armature, the shape of claws, and in the morphology of the egg. Macrobiotus armatus is clearly identified by a spur on the main branch of the claws on the first three pairs of legs.

Keywords  New Zealand; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Macrobiotus; new species; new records

Received 2 October 1995; accepted 21 March 1996

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1996, Vol. 23: 375-379

0301-4223/2304-0375 $2.50/0   (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1996

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