New Zealand Journal of Zoology abstracts
Famelobiotus scalicii, n. gen. n. sp., a new eutardigrade from Borneo
Giovanni Pilato
Maria Grazia Binda
Oscar Lisi
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale
“Marcello La Greca” dell’Università
Via Androne 81, 95124
Catania, Italy
email: pilato@unict.it
Abstract A new genus of Macrobiotidae (Eutardigrada), Famelobiotus, is described for a new species, Famelobiotus scalicii, found in a moss sample collected in Brunei Darussalam (Borneo). The new genus has a configuration of the buccal armature that is unique within the eutardigrades. The buccal cavity contains a second system of transverse ridges in addition to structures that are present in other genera (a ring of peribuccal lamellae, an anterior band of fine teeth and a posterior band of teeth, and a system of posterior transverse dorsal and ventral ridges). Astatumen trinacriae (Arcidiacono, 1962), another species new for Borneo, was found with Famelobiotus scalicii.
Keywords Tardigrada; systematics; Famelobiotus gen. n.; Famelobiotus scalicii sp. n.; Borneo
Z03015; Online publication date 4 March 2004; Received 23 April 2003; accepted 9 September 2003
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 31: 57-60
0301-4223/04/3101-0057 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004
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