Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda
Faunistic survey of Tanzania and Uganda resulted in the finding of eight species belonging to the genus Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840, three of which are new to science. Echiniscus belloporus n. sp. has no trunk cirri and dorsal plates densely covered with pores (sculpture of the spinulosus type...
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Faunistic survey of Tanzania and Uganda resulted in the finding of eight species belonging to the genus Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840, three of which are new to science. Echiniscus belloporus n. sp. has no trunk cirri and dorsal plates densely covered with pores (sculpture of the spinulosus type); it lacks a spine I and the dentate collar IV, a combination of traits so far unseen in Echiniscus. Echiniscus ornamentatus n. sp. possesses regularly distributed pores on its dorsal plates, scapular and caudal plates with contrasting faceting, and anterior portions of the paired plates distinctly darker than their posterior parts. Echiniscus tristis n. sp. is also a new member of the spinulosus group, but differs from all other species of this complex by having small pores, a trunk appendage combination C-Dd-E, and large spurs on its internal claws. Three other species: Echiniscus baius, Echiniscus dariae and Echiniscus manuelae, are recorded as new additions to the African fauna. Two last species: Echiniscus africanus and Echiniscus cirinoi, are scarcely reported elements of the Afrotropical fauna. Scanning electron microscopy microphotographs supplementing the description of E. dariae, and amendments to the outdated description of E. manuelae are also provided.
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| spelling | doaj.art-71b28e6b9fc348f1afd140321b70f9cb2023-05-02T14:58:33ZengPAGEPress PublicationsTropical Zoology0394-69751970-95282018-10-01313Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and UgandaPiotr Gąsiorek0Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen1Department of Entomology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, KrakówSection for Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Faunistic survey of Tanzania and Uganda resulted in the finding of eight species belonging to the genus Echiniscus C.A.S. Schultze, 1840, three of which are new to science. Echiniscus belloporus n. sp. has no trunk cirri and dorsal plates densely covered with pores (sculpture of the spinulosus type); it lacks a spine I and the dentate collar IV, a combination of traits so far unseen in Echiniscus. Echiniscus ornamentatus n. sp. possesses regularly distributed pores on its dorsal plates, scapular and caudal plates with contrasting faceting, and anterior portions of the paired plates distinctly darker than their posterior parts. Echiniscus tristis n. sp. is also a new member of the spinulosus group, but differs from all other species of this complex by having small pores, a trunk appendage combination C-Dd-E, and large spurs on its internal claws. Three other species: Echiniscus baius, Echiniscus dariae and Echiniscus manuelae, are recorded as new additions to the African fauna. Two last species: Echiniscus africanus and Echiniscus cirinoi, are scarcely reported elements of the Afrotropical fauna. Scanning electron microscopy microphotographs supplementing the description of E. dariae, and amendments to the outdated description of E. manuelae are also provided. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B8494205-58D5-4E54-B54E-2C40976892E1 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F439D375-F44F-4C3A-997F-EDC0D0A45F88 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B602FA08-3E17-4149-A1FE-22829E13DFFD https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/39Afrotropical realmbiodiversitydiscoverymorphologysculpturingTardigrada |
| spellingShingle | Piotr Gąsiorek Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda Tropical Zoology Afrotropical realm biodiversity discovery morphology sculpturing Tardigrada |
| title | Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda |
| title_full | Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda |
| title_fullStr | Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda |
| title_short | Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda |
| title_sort | echiniscidae heterotardigrada of tanzania and uganda |
| topic | Afrotropical realm biodiversity discovery morphology sculpturing Tardigrada |
| url | https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/39 |
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