New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts

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The first record of the genus Calohypsibius Thulin, 1928 (Eutardigrada: Calohypsibiidae) from Chile (South America) with a description of a new species Calohypsibius maliki

Łukasz Michalczyk

Centre for Ecology
Evolution and Conservation
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
agnostic@poczta.fm

Łukasz Kaczmarek

Department of Animal Taxonomy & Ecology
Institute of Environmental Biology
A. Mickiewicz University
Umultowska 89, 61-614
Poznań, Poland
kacztar@poczta.fm

Abstract  A new Calohypsibiidae, Calohypsibius maliki sp. nov., is described from a moss sample collected in Chile. The new species differs from others of the genus Calohypsibius mainly by the configuration of spines on the dorsal side of the body. The key to all Calohypsibius species is also provided.

Keywords  Tardigrada; Calohypsibius maliki sp. nov.; new species; Chile; South America

Z05006; Received 4 March 2005; accepted 7 July 2005; Online publication date 20 September 2005
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2005, Vol. 32: 287–292
0301–4223/05/3204–0287 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005

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