Echiniscidae from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, new records and a new species of Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928 (Tardigrada)

By

Lisi, Oscar
Daza, Anisbeth
Londoño, Rosana
Quiroga, Sigmer

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

703

Pages

1-14

Subjects

Biodiversity , Bryodelphax kristenseni sp. n , Echiniscus , Heterotardigrada , water bear

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.703.12537

 

Abstract

Three species of Echiniscus are recorded for the first time from Colombia: Echiniscus dariae, Echiniscus kofordi, and Echiniscus perarmatus. In addition, the description of the new species Bryodelphax kristenseni sp. n., is mainly based on the presence of ten paired plus two unpaired granularly sculptured ventral plates, the dorsal plate ornamentation with superficial irregular pores, no spine on the anterior legs, and the hind legs without papillae or dentate collar.