cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trochosa ruricola
Creators: name: Marusik, Yuri M.
name: Nadolny, Anton A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Lycosidae
Trochosa
Trochosa ruricola

description: Trochosa ruricola (De Geer, 1778)
Fig. 3B
Lycosa (Trochosa) ochracea L. Koch, 1856: 407 (♀). Syn. n.
Trochosa ochracea: Bonnet 1959: 4705.
Trochosa ruricola: Paquin & Dupérré 2003: 171, figs 1923–1925 (♂ ♀); Almquist 2005: 247, figs 242a–f (♂ ♀).
For the complete list of references see World Spider Catalog (2020).
Material examined (from Central Asia only): TURKMENISTAN: 1♀ (ZMMU), Pamiro-Alai mountain system, W slope of Kugitang-Tau Mt. Ridge, 1200 m, Khodzhaifil Vill., 9.05.1984 (A. V. Tanasevitch). UZBEKISTAN: 3♂ 4♀ (ZMMU), Pamiro-Alai mountain system, E slope of Kugitang-Tau Mt. Ridge, Kampyrtepa (=Kampyr- Tepe) Vill., 1600–1800 m, 19– 21.05.1984 (A. V. Tanasevitch). KYRGYZSTAN: 1♂ (ZMMU), Bishkek, 28.10.1994 (S. V. Ovchinnikov); 1♂ (ZMMU), inner Tien-Shang, Kokirim Mt. Ridge, Kaindy, 3.07.1995 (S. V. Ovchinnikov); 1♂ (ZMMU), Ferghana Mt. Ridge, env. of Arslanbob Vill., 19.05.1983 (unknown collector). TAJIKISTAN: 1♀ (ZMMU), Khatlon Area, env. of Pyandzh Town, clay cliff, 37°12.735’N 69°11.551’E, 387 m, 5.05.2015 (Y.M. Marusik); 1♀ (ZMMU), env. of Dushanbe, Hissar Mt. Ridge, 38 th km of Varzob Hwy, Takob Gorge, env. of Degmalik Vill., 38°50.829’N 68°54.637’E, 805 m, 8.05.2015 (Y.M. Marusik).
Comments. The type of Trochosa ochracea cannot be located at the Wien Museum (Christoph Hörweg, pers. comm.). It is not possible to determine the species to which it may belong based on the female. Currently, three species are known from Spain— T. hispanica, T. robusta, and T. ruricola. We synonymize T. ochracea with the oldest species of Trochosa to prevent further nomenclatorial changes or discussion to suppress the older name T. ochracea in order to keep either T. hispanica or T. robusta.
description: Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Nadolny, Anton A., 2020, On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic " Trochosa " species, pp. 56-80 in Zootaxa 4859 (1) on pages 73-75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4412755
Trochosa hungarica Herman 1879
Creators: name: Marusik, Yuri M.
name: Nadolny, Anton A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Lycosidae
Trochosa
Trochosa hungarica

description: Trochosa hungarica Herman, 1879
Trochosa hungarica Herman, 1879: 279, 380, pl. 8, fig. 184 (♂ ♀).
Comments. This species has a single taxonomic entry although the description is accompanied by relatively good figures. The types of this species were not found (Csaba Szinetár, pers. comm.). Judging from the epigyne figure and the large size (female 21 mm and male 14 mm), this species could belong to Geolycosa and may be a junior synonym of G. vultuosa (C.L. Koch, 1838).
description: Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Nadolny, Anton A., 2020, On the identity of Trochosa hispanica (Araneae, Lycosidae), with notes on the synonymy of West Palaearctic " Trochosa " species, pp. 56-80 in Zootaxa 4859 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4859.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4412755
Chrysobothris adelpha Harold 1869
Creators: name: Wellso, Stanley G.
name: Manley, Gary V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris
Chrysobothris adelpha

description: Chrysobothris adelpha Harold, 1869
(Figs. 3, 15, 27)
Chrysobothris adelpha Harold 1869:124 (nom. nov. for C. soror LeConte 1860: 232 Chrysobothris adelpha Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1423. Franklin & Lund 1956: 34; Dominguez 1969: 24 –26; Wellso, et al. 1976:11; MacRae 1991: 112
Diagnosis. Both sexes have relatively inconspicuous elytral foveae and smooth punctate pronota with transverse ridges. Males: clypeus not semicircularly rounded on each side of middle, margin green. Each genital paramere with lateral perpendicular spine (Fig. 15). Some individuals have as many as seven very small protibia teeth. Males: 7.6 – 12.9 mm long, 3.0 – 5.2 mm wide. Females: clypeus brown, margin greenish to bronzy-brown. Pygidium with lateral impression broadly concave and with unique hyaline membrane margin (Fig. 27). Females: 8.9 – 16.0 mm long, 4.1 – 5.9 mm wide.
Hosts. This species usually is associated with Carya spp., and has been reared from: Amelanchier arborea (Michx. f.). Fern., Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch., C. ovata (Mill.) E. Koch., C. tomentosa Nutt., and Prosopis grandulosa Torr.
Distribution. Its range appears to be as broad as that of its hosts, and this species probably occurs in all of the states east of those from Texas to Minnesota, reported from Mexico (Dominguez, 1969) and Canada (Bright, 1987). NEW STATE RECORDS: KENTUCKY: Estill Co., Taylorsville, 8-VI-86, D. A. Porter. TENNESSEE: Monroe Co., Cherokee Ntl. For., Citico Creek Rdl, 30-V-86, J. E. Zablotny. WISCONSIN: Dane Co., Madison, 18-VI-66, S. G. Wellso.
description: Published as part of Wellso, Stanley G. & Manley, Gary V., 2007, A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1652 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273993
Chrysobothris sloicola Manley & Wellso 1975
Creators: name: Wellso, Stanley G.
name: Manley, Gary V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris
Chrysobothris sloicola

description: Chrysobothris sloicola Manley & Wellso, 1975
(Figs. 4, 16, 28)
Chrysobothris sloicola Manley & Wellso, 1975: 317
Diagnosis. Male: clypeus green, margin black.. Male genitalia (Fig. 16). Parameres wider at tip than penis. Female clypeus greenish-copper, margin black; pygidium (Fig. 28), lateral to wavy median carina, concave, heavily sculptured and pitted. One female was larger than previously reported, 12.2 mm long and 5.2 mm wide. Males: 9.7 – 11.0 mm long, 3.9 – 4.3 mm wide. Females: 10.1 – 12.2 mm long, 4.2 – 5.2 mm wide.
Hosts. A male and two females of this uncommon endemic Michigan species were collected between 14- VII-78 and 2-VII-79 on tanglefoot treated dead trunks of Prunus americana Marsh., in Shiawassee Co. (T5NR1E Sec. 35), Michigan.
description: Published as part of Wellso, Stanley G. & Manley, Gary V., 2007, A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 1652 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.273993
Formicapis Sladen 1916
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megactlilidae
Formicapis

description: Subgenus Formicapis Sladen 1916
Hoplitis excisa (Morawitz 1880) was treated as a representative of the subgenus Stenosmia by Mavromoustakis (1954), Wu (2006) considered it to be a member of Osmia (Osmia) and Ungricht et al. (2008) assigned it to Hoplitis subgenus incertum. The recent discovery of the hitherto unknown male clearly revealed its affiliation to the subgenus Formicapis. The Central Asian species Hoplitis latifemoralis (Wu 1985) was formerly considered to belong to Formicapis (Wu 1985, 2006; Ungricht et al. 2008). Both sexes, however, strongly differ morphologically from H. (Formicapis), e.g. in the form of the female mandible, which is narrow and three-toothed lacking the long apical edge typical of Formicapis, or in the shape of male tergum 7, which is quadrangular and medially slightly incised instead of four-lobed as in Formicapis. Furthermore, H. latifemoralis substantially differs from H. (Formicapis) species in the form of the male sterna and male genitalia. Due to these differences and the fact that H. latifemoralis possesses some exceptional characters, such as a thickened male hind femur and tibia, the presence of hooked bristles on the female proboscis and the preference for small-flowered Boraginaceae species as pollen hosts (Müller 2016), H. latifemoralis is removed here from H. (Formicapis) and assigned to Hoplitis subgenus incertum.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 109, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Hoplitis (Formicapis)
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Biology of Hoplitis (Formicapis) and H. (Tkalcua)
Hoplitis (Formicapis) species show a close affinity to flowers of Rosaceae as pollen sources (for details see species accounts). Among the Rosaceae, herbaceous taxa such as Fragaria or Potentilla are the most important or even the exclusive hosts. While H. maritima (Romankova 1985) and possibly also H. excisa might be strictly specialized on Rosaceae, H. robusta is polylectic with a distinct preference for Potentilla (Fig. 2, Tab. 1). Both H. maritima and H. robusta nest in insect burrows in dead wood and use chewed leaves to build cell partitions and nest plug (for details see species accounts). In the latter species, small pieces of wood are sometimes incorporated into the leaf matrix of the cell partitions.
Information on the biology of Hoplitis (Tkalcua) is available only for H. zandeni (for details see species account). Recent observations on Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) revealed that this species is polylectic harvesting pollen on flowers of at least six plant families (Tab. 1), but probably not on Asteraceae. Interestingly, species of H. (Platosmia), the probable sister group of H. (Tkalcua), have a strong affinity to pollen of Fabaceae and/or Resedaceae (Müller 2015), which are also the two most important pollen host taxa exploited by H. zandeni (Tab. 1). Whether this merely reflects the flower supply at the study sites or indicates some underlying phylogenetic pattern remains unclear. H. zandeni nests in empty snail shells and constructs 1–2 brood cells per shell (Figs. 11– 16). Cell partitions and nest plug consist of chewed leaves densely mixed with sand grains (Figs. 13–16). Interestingly, the nest plug is not built at the shell opening as in all other snail-shell nesting osmiine bee species known so far (A. Müller unpublished) but inside the shell about 1/3 to 1 whorl behind the shell aperture (Fig. 13). In contrast to other osmiine bee genera such as Osmia, Protosmia or Wainia, where nesting in empty snail shells is rather widespread (Kuhlmann et al. 2011; Müller 2016), snail-shell nesting in the genus Hoplitis has been reported so far beside H. zandeni only for the Afrotropic Hoplitis (Anthocopa) conchophila Kuhlmann and the Palaearctic Hoplitis (Hoplitis) fertoni (Pérez) (Gess & Gess 1999, 2008; Kuhlmann et al. 2011; Sedivy et al. 2013b), indicating three independent origins of snail-shell nesting in Hoplitis.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Hoplitis (Formicapis) excisa Morawitz 1880
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis excisa

description: Hoplitis (Formicapis) excisa (Morawitz 1880)
Osmia excisa Morawitz 1880: 385. Type material: Holotype ♀, “Ordoss am Chuan-che” (China), type depository unknown. New subgeneric placement.
New records. CHINA: Jingangling, 50km W Linfen, 29.– 30.5.1996 (leg. J. Halada).
Distribution. Known so far only from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Shanxi province in northern China.
Pollen hosts. The only three pollen loads available so far (from the same locality in northern China) contained Rosaceae pollen: two loads exclusively consisted of pollen of the Potentilla type (either Fragaria or Potentilla), while one load additionally contained Rosaceae pollen of unknown affiliation.
Nesting biology. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Hoplitis (Formicapis) maritima Romankova 1985
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis maritima

description: Hoplitis (Formicapis) maritima (Romankova 1985)
Formicapis robusta maritima Romankova 1985: 66. Type material: Holotype ♀, “Primorski territory, Kievka, 22.5.– 6.7.1979 ” (Russia), Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg.
New records. MONGOLIA: 90km N Ulanbatar, Segnezer river, 1450m, 6.– 8.7.2003 (leg. J. Halada). RUSSIA, Primorski krai, Lazovski Zapovednik: Cordon Amerika, river Perekatnaya, 43º02’32’’N 134º02’32’’E, 329m, 19.5.2001 (leg. M. Quest); Ta Tshingousa, 43º00’32’’N 134º07’34’’E, 14.6.2001 (leg. M. Quest).
Distribution. From northern Mongolia to Primorski krai in southernmost Russian Far East.
Pollen hosts. Oligolectic on Rosaceae (e.g. Fragaria, Potentilla) (Romankova 1985; Proshchalykin in Quest 2009). Flower records: Fragaria orientalis, Potentilla amurensis, P. fragarioides (Romankova 1985; label records).
Nesting biology. Nests were found in cerambycid beetle burrows (width 3.5–6.5mm, height 2.7–3.5mm) in 4– 5cm thick branches of conifers lying on the ground containing 2–6 linearly arranged brood cells (Romankova 1985). Cell partitions and nest plug are made of chewed leaves. The females clean the burrows from wood debris with their mandibles.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Hoplitis (Tkalcua) Muller
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis

description: Subgenus Tkalcua Kocak & Kemal 2010
H. (Tkalcua) species were formerly assigned to the subgenus Microhoplitis Tkalcu (Ungricht et al. 2008). As the subgenus name Microhoplitis Tkalcu is a junior homonym of the lepidopteran genus name Microhoplitis Marumo, Kocak & Kemal (2010) proposed Tkalcua as replacement name .
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Hoplitis (Tkalcua) paralias Mavromoustakis 1954
Creators: name: Müller, Andreas
name: Mauss, Volker
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Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis paralias

description: Hoplitis (Tkalcua) paralias (Mavromoustakis 1954)
Osmia paralias Mavromoustakis 1954: 266. Type material: Holotype ♀, “Bat Yam, 16.4.1946 ” (Israel), Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Nicosia.
Literature records. ISRAEL AND PALESTINE: Bat Yam, 15.4.– 5.5.1946 (Mavromoustakis, 1954).
New records. MOROCCO: 20km W Boudnib, 9.4.1995 (leg. M. Halada); 10km N Erfoud, 10.4.1995 (leg. M. Halada); 10km N Mhamid, 21.– 22.4.1995 (leg. M. Halada); Tagounite, 60km S Zagora, 23.4.1995 (leg. M. Halada); 5km S Zagora, 24.– 25.4.1995 (leg. M. Halada); Oued Draa, 34km SE Zagora, 16.3.1997 (leg. M. Hauser). TUNISIA: 15km W Nefta, 22.3.2001 (leg. C. Schmid-Egger). ISRAEL AND PALESTINE, Negev: 17km NNW Elat, 1.3.1997 (leg. J.G. Rozen & M.S. Engel); 5km E Zihor Jct., 3.3.1997 (leg. J.G. Rozen & M.S. Engel). JORDAN: Fidan, 125km N Aqaba, 6.4.1989 (leg. J. Gusenleitner); Wadi Rum, 10.4.1989 (leg. J. Gusenleitner); 70km NE Aqaba, 14.4.1989 (leg. J. Gusenleitner).
Distribution. From Morocco to Tunisia along the northern border of the Sahara Desert and from the Negev Desert to central Israel; the species is expected to occur also in Libya and Egypt.
Pollen hosts. Polylectic. Pollen sources known so far include Genisteae (Fabaceae), Zygophyllaceae and Brassicaceae (based on 5 pollen loads from 3 different localities in Israel and Jordan). Flower record: Retama raetam (label record).
Nesting biology. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Müller, Andreas & Mauss, Volker, 2016, Palaearctic Hoplitis bees of the subgenera Formicapis and Tkalcua (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species, pp. 105-120 in Zootaxa 4127 (1) on pages 113-114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/259694
Elaphognathia Monod 1926
Creators: name: N, Jörundur Svava R S S O
name: Bruce, Niel L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Elaphognathia

description: Genus Elaphognathia Monod, 1926
Type species. Anceus ferox Haswell, 1885; subsequent designation by Cohen and Poore (1994).
Remarks. The most recent diagnosis to the genus is that of Cohen and Poore (1994). There are 13 species of Elaphognathia, six of which occur in Australia (Cohen & Poore 1994; present work), with four species being recorded from tropical and subtropical habitats.
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Gnathia Leach 1814
Creators: name: N, Jörundur Svava R S S O
name: Bruce, Niel L.
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Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Gnathia

description: Genus Gnathia Leach, 1814
Type species. Gnathia termitoides Leach, 1814; see Cohen and Poore (1994).
Remarks. Gnathia is a large genus, numbering 111 species, and ubiquitous and common in coral-reef habitats. The most recent generic revision is that of Cohen and Poore (1994).
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira and Smit 2009
Creators: name: N, Jörundur Svava R S S O
name: Bruce, Niel L.
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Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Gnathia
Gnathia aureamaculosa

description: Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira and Smit, 2009
Gnathia aureamaculosa Ferreira and Smit, 2009 in Ferreira et al. 2009: 1067, figs 1A–H, 2A–C, 3, 6A, B, 7A. — Wilson et al. 2011: 511, figs 1–5, 6F–G.
Material examined. 4 3 (reared), Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia, 14.681856°S, 145.464922°E, A. Grutter stn m, 1 June 1998, symbiotic with the fish species Hemigymnus melapterus (3 3 MTQ W24856, 1 3 IMNH 2726). 1 3, Lizard Island, off North Point, ‘Washing Machine’, 14.65067°S, 145.4601°E, 17 April 2008, dead coral, 6–8 m, CReefs stn CGLI 038, coll. S. Smith (MTQ W14119).
Remarks. The four reared specimens examined here were reared from larvae collected from the thick-lipped wrasse [Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791; Labridae) by Grutter et al. (2000)]. These specimens, and the single specimens collected at Lizard Island in 2008 all agree well with the description. The paucity of specimens in the CReefs material suggests that the precise habitat of this species has not yet been located.
Distribution. Known only from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef.
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Gnathia falcipenis Holdich and Harrison 1980
Creators: name: N, Jörundur Svava R S S O
name: Bruce, Niel L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Gnathia
Gnathia falcipenis

description: Gnathia falcipenis Holdich and Harrison, 1980
Gnathia falcipenis Holdich and Harrison, 1980: 223, figs 3a–h, 3j, 3k. — Poore and Lew Ton, 2002: 189.
Material examined. Lizard Island Group: 2 3, patch reef off Palfrey Is, 14.68345°S, 145.44147°E, 16 April 2008, fist-sized rubble on flat bottom between bommies, 2–3 m, CReefs stn CGLI 034B, coll. N. L. Bruce (MTQ W14120). 1 3, lagoon entrance in from Seabird Islet, 14.68900°S, 145.46710°E, patch reef, 19 April 2008, medium small rubble, 1–3 m, CReefs stn CGLI 041B, coll. N. L. Bruce (MTQ W14121).
Outer barrier reefs: 1 3, 1 Ƥ, Day Reef, 14.48356°S, 145.5459°E, 13 February 2009, outer reef, flat rubble in gully, 10 m, CReefs stn LIZ09 04A, coll. N.L. Bruce & M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W31379).
Remarks. The species was only found at shallow waters, 1–10 metres, in coral rubble. Holdich and Harrison (1980) reported the species from Chinaman’s Head, Lizard Island at depths of 3.7 m and from a semi-permanent log on the mid-shore at Magnetic Island off Townsville.
Distribution. Lizard Island and surrounding region and Magnetic Island; at depths of 1 to 10 metres on inner, mid-shelf and outer reefs.
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Gnathia masca Farquharson and Smit 2012
Creators: name: N, Jörundur Svava R S S O
name: Bruce, Niel L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Gnathia
Gnathia masca

description: Gnathia masca Farquharson and Smit, 2012
Gnathia masca Farquharson and Smit, 2012 in Farquharson et al. 2012: 23, figs 1A–G, 2A–C, 3A–E, 6A, B, 10A.
Material examined. Lizard Island: 2 3, 2 Ƥ, North Point, 14.64567°S, 145.45325°E, 14 April 2008, 10– 14 m, loose coral rubble, CReefs stn CGLI 025B, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14123). 1 3, 2 Ƥ, off Mermaid Cove, North Point, ‘Washing Machine’, 14.64064°S, 145.45365°E, 18 April 2008, 15 m, CReefs stn CGLI 0 39, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14123). 3 3, 3 Ƥ, McGillivray’s Reef, 14.38567°S, 145.46710°E, 18 April 2008, smooth rubble, 18 m, CReefs stn CGLI 040A, coll. M. Schlacher & T. Hendricks (MTQ W14130). 6 3, 2 Ƥ, patch reef in lagoon entrance in from Seabird Islet, 14.68900°S, 145.46710°E, 19 April 2008, small rubble, dead coral, 15 m, CReefs stn CGLI 041E, coll. N.L. Bruce & M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (3 3 MTQ W14125; 3 3 IMNH 2727).
Outer barrier reefs: 3 3, Day Reef, 14.50525°S, 145.5612°E, 22 February 2009, outer reef front, coral rubble, 27–29 m, CReefs stn LIZ09 17A, coll. S. Smith & J. Caley (MTQ W31100). 1 3, Yonge Reef, 14.57972°S, 145.61010°E, 20 April 2008, pass, 17– 15 m, dead Acropora head, 17 m, CReefs stn CGLI 046A, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14126). 8 3, Yonge Reef, 14.57972°S, 145.61010°E, 20 April 2008, pass, 17– 15 m, silty dead coral, CReefs stn CGLI 046B, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14127). 3 3, 1 Ƥ, Yonge Reef, 14.57972°S, 145.61010°E, 20 April 2008, passage, 17– 15 m, rubble, 15 m, CReefs stn CGLI 046C, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14128). 3 3, 1 Ƥ, Yonge Reef, 14.60694°S, 145.62310°E, 20 April 2008, back reef, rubble, 10 m, CReefs stn CGLI 047C, coll. M. Błażewicz-Paszkowycz (MTQ W14129).
Remarks. This species is common around Lizard Island and adjacent outer reefs; found mainly in coral rubble at depths between 10 and 29 metres.
Distribution. Lizard Island region.
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Gnathia variobranchia Holdich and Harrison 1980
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name: Bruce, Niel L.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Gnathiidae
Gnathia
Gnathia variobranchia

description: Gnathia variobranchia Holdich and Harrison, 1980
Gnathia variobranchia Holdich and Harrison 1980: 231, figs 7a–h.– Poore and Lew Ton, 2002: 190.
Material examined. 1 3, Lizard Island, North Point, 14.64553°S, 145.45335°E, 12 April 2008, small rubble in hollow on crest, 1.0 m, CReefs stn CGLI 020B, coll. N.L. Bruce (MTQ W14122). 1 3, Lizard Island, stn 7, 1980 (MTQ W10737). 1 3, Long Island, Chesterfields reefs, 19.8833°S, 158.3167°E, 5 May 1979, seaward reef face, dead coral, 12 m, coll. N.L. Bruce (MTQ W10734). 1 3, Wistari Reef, from dead coral, 3 December 1979, 21 m, coll. N.L. Bruce (MTQ W10711). 1 3 (damaged), Wistari reef, southwest corner, 11 m, 4 December 1979, coll. N.L. Bruce (MTQ W10712). 1 3 (poor condition), Heron Island, “Canyons”, reef slope, 1 December 1979, coral rock, 7 m, coll. N.L. Bruce (MTQ W10713).
Remarks. The present specimens agree well with the description of Gnathia variobranchia Holdich and Harrison, 1980 in body shape and the general appearance of the head. The rami of the pleopods vary considerably in their lengths as shown for G. variobranchia. The appendages were, however, sparsely illustrated by Holdich and Harrison (1980).
Distribution. Occurs the length of the Great Barrier Reef from Lizard Island in the north to Heron Island and Wistari Reef, Capricorn Group in the south; here reported from Chesterfield Reefs, Coral Sea; at depths of 1 to 21 metres.
description: Published as part of N, Jörundur Svava R S S O & Bruce, Niel L., 2012, New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 3380 on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212640
Aturus
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Aturus

description: Aturus spec.
Material examined. 0/1/0, Old Women’s Stream, Injisuti, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.181 S 29° 26.476 E, alt. 1467 m asl, 19-xi-2004.
Remarks. Due to the absence of males, no species is described. Thus far, the genus has not been recorded from southern Africa.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on pages 287-288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Kongsbergia
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Kongsbergia

description: Kongsbergia spec.
Material examined. 0/2/0, Injisuti River at crossing with main road 331, Drakensbergen, Kzwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.578 S 29° 26.435 E, alt. 1461 m asl, 19-xi-2004.
Remarks. Due to the absence of males, no species is described. Thus far, the genus has not been recorded from southern Africa.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) pusilla Viets 1914
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Axonopsidae
Brachypodopsis
Brachypodopsis pusilla

description: Brachypodopsis (Brachypodopsis) pusilla (Viets, 1914)
(Fig 1 A)
Material examined. South Africa. 0/1/0, Rondgat River at Algeria, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 22.491 S 19° 0 3.742 E, alt. 490 m asl, 1-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Rondgat River at Bos Herberge, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 24.044 S 19 0 5.264 E, alt. 665 m asl, 2-xi-2004; 0/3/0, Wolwekloof River at Tweede Tol, Limietberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, 33° 34.115 S 19° 0 8.255 E, alt. 285 m asl, 3-xi-2004; 4/2/0, Grobbelaar’s River N of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape Province, 33° 25.603 S 22° 15.053 E, alt. 492 m asl, 11-xi-2004; 1/1/0, Injisuti River at crossing with main road 331, Drakensbergen, Kzwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.578 S 29° 26.435 E, alt. 1461 m asl, 19-xi-2004; 3/3/0, Delmhlwaziwe River, Injisuti, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 7.058 S 29° 26.313 E, alt, 1453 m asl, 19-xi-2004; 1/0/0, Mahai River, Royal Natal NP, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 28° 41.479 S 28° 56.711 E, alt. 1423 m asl, 20-xi-2004.
Remarks. K.O. Viets (1964) reported the species from several locations in Mpumalanga and Western Cape Provinces. His male specimens were 347–373 long and 330–353 wide, the males from this study (Fig. 1 A) measure dorsally 300–344, the width is 275–324. The females from this study are 324–356 long and 284–316 wide. The species is widespread, and known from Cameroon, Kenya and South Africa (K. Viets 1953, K.O. Viets 1970).
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 288, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Hexaxonopsis clavigera Walter 1922
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Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Axonopsidae
Hexaxonopsis
Hexaxonopsis clavigera

description: Hexaxonopsis clavigera (Walter, 1922)
(Fig 2 A–D)
Material examined. Type material. Axonopsis claviger, holotype male, Weisser Nil bei Kosti, Plankton, Sudan, 24-ii-1921, leg. Chappuis (slide O/27 NMB). Other material: Namibia. Male, Cubango River at Rundu, 17° 54.570 S 19° 45.685 E, 24-vii-1996; one male, Zambezi River, Katima Mulilo, 17° 29.160 S 24° 17.055 E, 20-vii-1996; one male, Okavango River at Popa Falls, 18° 0 6.992 S 21° 35.062 E, 21-vii-1996.
Description. Male: Idiosoma dorsally 395 long and 332 wide, ventrally 405 long. Dorsal shield 300 wide, with five pairs of glandularia and one pair of setae without glands. Dorsal shield fused anteriorly with ventral shield, with three spine-like projections posteriorly to the eyes. Excretory pore fused to dorsal shield. Anterior margin of idiosoma straight. First and second coxae each with a lateral and a medial hook-like projection. A pair of glandularia are located between the genital field and the insertions of the forth legs. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula. Gonopore 38 long, posterior acetabulum 34 long. Length of P1–5: 32, 46, 30, 68, 28. Length of I-leg-4- 6: 54, 74, 74. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 82, 102, 92 (till tip of segment). IV-Leg-5 expanded distally with 15–20 short setae; IV-leg-6 with two rows of dorsomedial setae. Swimming setae: III-leg-4 two, III-leg-5 four, IV-leg-4 with two and IV-leg-5 with three.
Remarks. The slide of the holotype is in very poor condition. The genital field is clearly visible, details of the fourth leg are not clearly visible and the coxae are squashed. Apart from one broken hook-like projection of one of the first coxae, no other hook-like projections are visible anymore. Given the similarity of the fourth leg of the holotype and the specimens reported here, I assigned the specimens from southern Africa to Walter’s species. Walter (1922) didn’t illustrate the medial hook-like projections, but I assume that he overlooked these as they are not clearly visible in ventral view.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on pages 289-291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Neoaxonopsalbia gledhilli Cook 1999
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Neoaxonopsalbia
Neoaxonopsalbia gledhilli

description: Neoaxonopsalbia gledhilli Cook, 1999
Material examined. South Africa. 0/1/0, Mahai River, Royal Natal NP, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 28° 41.479 S 28° 56.711 E, alt. 1423 m asl, 20-xi-2004.
Remarks. Known from South Africa only, where previously reported from Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal Provinces (Cook 1999).
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Pseudaxonopsalbia plana Cook 1966
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Pseudaxonopsalbia
Pseudaxonopsalbia plana

description: Pseudaxonopsalbia plana (Cook, 1966)
Material examined. South Africa. 0/1/0, Poacher’s Stream, Injisuti, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 8.141 S 29° 26.149 E, alt. 1512 m asl, 19-xi-2004.
Remarks. A widespread species, known from Cameroon (Cook 1966), Ethiopia (Motaş & Tanasachi 1967) and South Africa (Cook 1999). From the latter country, it has been reported from Eastern Cape Province, Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal Provinces.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 291, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Amperaturus
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus

description: Amperaturus spec.
Material examined. South Africa. 0/1/0, Tributary of Rondgat River near Algeria, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 22.411 S 19° 0 3.863 E, 1-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Rondgat River at Bos Herberge, Cederberg Wilderness Area, Western Cape Province, 32° 24.044 S 19° 0 5.264 E, alt. 665 m asl, 2-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Wit River at Tweede Tol, Limietberg NP, Western Cape Province, 33° 34.210 S 19° 0 8.356 E, alt. 296 m asl, 3-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Pholelana River at Cobham Office, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 41.963 S 29° 24.791 E, alt. 1619 m asl, 17-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Mkhomazana River along Sani Pass Road, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 37.643 S 29° 24.653 E, alt. 1656 m asl, 17-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Injisuti River at crossing with road 331, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu- Natal Province, 29° 0 7.578 S 29° 26.435 E, alt. 1461 m asl, 19-xi-2004.
Remarks. Females of this genus are not always separable.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on pages 291-292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Amperaturus pauciporus Cook 1998
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus
Amperaturus pauciporus

description: Amperaturus pauciporus Cook, 1998
Material examined. South Africa. 1/0/0, Wolwekloof River at Tweede Tol, Limietberg NP, Western Cape Province, 33° 34.115 S 19° 0 8.255 E, alt. 285 m asl, 3-xi-2004.
Distribution. Thus far known from the holotype male only from the Western Cape Province.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Amperaturus abelus Cook 1998
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus
Amperaturus abelus

description: Amperaturus abelus Cook, 1998
(Fig 3 A–B)
Material examined. South Africa. 1/1/0, Poacher’s Stream, Injisuti, Drakensbergen, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 29° 0 8.141 S, 29° 26.149 E, alt. 1512 m asl, 19-xi-2004; 4/5/0, Sigibundu Stream, Royal Natal NP, Kwazulu-Natal Province, 28° 40.918 S 28° 58.017 E, alt. 1375 m asl, 20-xi-2004.
Distribution. The long seta of IV-leg-3 is curved (Fig 3 B), but this can be seen only when in the right position. Thus far known only from Mpumalanga Province, and reported here for the first time from Kwazulu-Natal Province.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Amperaturus rensbergi Cook 1998
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Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus
Amperaturus rensbergi

description: Amperaturus rensbergi Cook, 1998
Material examined. South Africa. 1/5/1, Unnamed stream S of Swartberg Pass, Swartberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, 33° 21.438 S 22° 0 3.498 E, alt. 1404 m asl, 11-xi-2004; 0/1/0, Mahai River, Royal Natal NP, Kwazula-Natal Province, 28° 41.479 S 28° 56.711 E, alt. 1423 m asl, 20-xi-2004.
Remarks. Known only from Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga Provinces.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Cornechiniscus lobatus Ramazzotti 1943
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name: Miller, William R.
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Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Cornechiniscus
Cornechiniscus lobatus

description: Cornechiniscus lobatus (Ramazzotti, 1943)
Material examined. Six moss samples from Sites 1 and 5 contained 99 specimens.
Remarks. This species was first reported from China by Bartoš (1963), with the second record 43 years later by Beasley et al. (2006). This is only the third report of this species from China and is a new record for the Hubei Province.
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706
Amperaturus similis Cook 1998
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Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus
Amperaturus similis

description: Amperaturus similis Cook, 1998
Material examined. South Africa. 2/0/0, Breë River at crossing with road R43/R46, Western Cape Province, 33° 25.283 S 19° 15.997 E, alt. 282 m asl, 5-xi-2004.
Remarks. Known only from Western Cape Province.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 292, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Amperaturus globulipes Smit, 2017, new species
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Aturidae
Amperaturus
Amperaturus globulipes

description: Amperaturus globulipes new species
(Fig 4 A–D)
Material examined. Holotype male, Small forest stream, Mount Sheba, S of Pilgrimsrest, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, 24° 56.416 S 30° 42.334 E (Google Earth by approximation), 8-xi-2016 (BMSA).
Diagnosis. As for subgenus.
Description. Male: Idiosoma reddish, dorsally 474 long and 393 wide, ventrally 517 long. Integument with large papillae. Dorsum with five large plates: a large anteromedial plate, a larger posteromedial plate, a pair of lateral anterior and posterior plates of similar size and a larger pair of medial lateral plates. A pair of tiny platelets, barely more than sclerotized glandularia are located behind the posterior lateral plates. Anteromedial dorsal plate 186 long, posteromedial dorsal plate 251 long. Tips of first coxae extending well beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Coxoglandularia 4 lying on posterior suture line of fourth coxae. Gonopore 106 long. Genital field with 11 pairs of acetabula, the two anterior pairs noticeably larger than posterior pairs. A pair of glandularia flanking the genital field. Length of P1–5: 28, 60, 50, 96, 36. P-2 with a rectangular anteroventral extension. Ventral margin of P-4 with one stout and one thin seta. Length of I-leg-4–6: 88, 96, 100 (to tip of segment). Length of IV-leg-4–6: 132, 140, 140 (to tip of segment). Fourth leg modified as described for subgenus. IV-leg-3 and -5 each with two swimming setae (but one of the two swimming setae of IV-leg-3 visible only partially). Leg claws with dorsal clawlet and without claw blade.
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. Named for the globular shape of IV-leg-5.
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2017, New species of aturid water mites from southern Africa (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Aturidae), pp. 287-295 in Zootaxa 4273 (2) on page 295, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4273.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/802049
Echiniscus perviridis Ramazzotti 1959
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name: Miller, William R.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus perviridis

description: Echiniscus cf. perviridis Ramazzotti, 1959
Material examined. One specimen from a moss sample from Site 1.
Remarks. The cuticular pattern was identical to E. perviridis, though one cirrus A was bifurcated, and the measurements slightly shorter for cephalic papilla, clava, and claws IV than previously reported. Obviously, more specimens are needed from Hubei for a positive identification. This species has been reported from Guizhou Province (Wang et al. 2007), Taiwan (Li & Li 2008), and Hainan Island (Li et al. 2008), but this would be a new record for Hubei Province.
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706
Echiniscus reticulatus Murray 1905
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name: Miller, William R.
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus reticulatus

description: Echiniscus reticulatus Murray, 1905
Material examined. Five moss samples from Site 3 contained 85 specimens plus 25 exuvia containing eggs. Six moss samples from Site 5 contained 95 specimens plus 9 exuvia containing eggs.
Remarks. In China this species has previously been reported from Sichuan Province (Beasley et al. 2006) and Shaanxi Province (Li 2007). The exuvia in this study contained from one to nine eggs, giving an average of 4.5.
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706
Echiniscus viridissimus Peterfi 1956
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name: Miller, William R.
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Year: 2012
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Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus viridissimus

description: Echiniscus viridissimus Péterfi, 1956
Material examined. Two specimens were found in a moss sample from Site 5. Remarks. This is the first record of E. viridissimus for China.
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706
Pseudechiniscus papillosus Li, Wang, Liu & Su 2005
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name: Miller, William R.
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Year: 2012
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Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Pseudechiniscus
Pseudechiniscus papillosus

description: Pseudechiniscus cf. papillosus Li, Wang, Liu & Su, 2005
FIGURES 1 A–F
Material examined. Eleven specimens were found in a moss sample from Site 3.
Remarks. This is the second report of this species, the original description from Shaanxi Province (Li et al. 2005). The specimens from this study possessed a pair of pointed lobes on the posterior margin of the pseudosegmental plate (Fig. 1 A) and, as reported by Li et al. (2005), the cephalic papillae were short and broad (Fig. 1 B, C). The Hubei specimens closely conform to the species description, but with the following differences: neck plate was present between the cephalic and scapular plates (Fig. 1 B); the type specimens all had relatively short cirrus A, ranging from 28.7 to 36.5 µm, while the Hubei specimens showed more variation in cirrus A (a range of 28.7–70.3 µm for eight specimens, with an average of 53.4 µm); the original description stated spurs were absent on all claws, but a small, short, slender spur, usually perpendicular to the axis of the claw, was visible on the external claws of leg IV for some of the Hubei specimens (Fig. 1 D); leg IV dentate collar consists of a single broad tooth on the dorsal surface (Fig. 1 E); a spine on the front legs is not mentioned in the original description but a small spine (2.7–3.1 µm) was present in the Hubei specimens (Fig. 1 F).
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706
Doryphoribius huangguoshuensis Wang, Wang & Li 2007
Creators: name: Beasley, Clark W.
name: Miller, William R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Eutardigrada
Parachela
Hypsibiidae
Doryphoribius
Doryphoribius huangguoshuensis

description: Doryphoribius huangguoshuensis Wang, Wang & Li, 2007
Material examined. One moss sample from Site 3 contained one adult; one moss sample from Site 5 contained eight adults; a moss sample from Site 4 contained an exuvium with eggs; a moss and lichen sample from Site 5 contained two exuvia with eggs.
Remarks. The number of eggs per exuvium in this study ranged from two to six, giving an average of 3.8 eggs per exuvium. The only previous report of this species was the original description from Guizhou Province (Wang, et al. 2007).
description: Published as part of Beasley, Clark W. & Miller, William R., 2012, Additional Tardigrada from Hubei Province, China, with the description of Doryphoribius barbarae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Parachela: Hypsibiidae), pp. 55-63 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212706