Definition of families, subfamilies, genera and subgenera of the Eutardigrada, and keys to their identification
The systematic arrangement of the Eutardigrada has radically changed since 1969 due to the new evaluation of characteristics of the claws and of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus and the use of some…
New records of Eutardigrada from Belarus with the description of three new species
- G. Pilato, Yevgen Kiosya, O. Lisi, G. Sabella
- Biology
- 1 February 2012
The list of tardigrade species recorded from Belarus is provided; nine were new records for this geographic area and three, Macrobiotus sottilei sp. nov., Paramacrobiotus klymenki sp. nov. and…
Notes on tardigrades of the Seychelles with the description of three new species
Three new species of terrestrial tardigrades of the Seychelles are described; each differs from the other species of the respective group in some characters of the eggs and in other characters (e.g. the absence of eyes, the presence of cuticular dots, and details of the bucco‐pharyngeal apparatus and of the claw shape).
Three new species of Diphascon of the pingue group (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from Antarctica
Three new species are described, Diphascon (D.) polare, D. dastychi and D. victoriae, from Victoria Land (Antarctica), which differ from other species of the pingue group in characters of the bucco-pharyngeal apparatus.
New description of Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982, and description of a new species of Echiniscus (Heterotardigrada) from China
- G. Pilato, Paulo Fontoura, O. Lisi, C. Beasley
- Biology
- 25 August 2008
A redescription of Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982, is presented. A comparison with the more similar species is made, based on information available since the original description. A…
Notes on some tardigrades from Central Africa, with the description of a new species of Hypsibiidae
Eight species of African tardigrades are reported, including a new species. Hypsibius multituberculatus sp. n. has many small cuticular dorsal and lateral tubercles, two macroplacoids and septulum,…
Biogeography and Limno-terrestrial Tardigrades: Are They Truly Incompatible Binomials?
Biogeographical and biological data are provided supporting the possibility of using tardigrades to solve biogeographical problems at continental level.
Remarks on some tardigrades of the African fauna with the description of three new species of Macrobiotus Schultze 1834
- G. Pilato, M. Binda, R. Catanzaro
- Biology
- 1 December 1991
Three species of tardigrades are recorded, two of them new for science; two species, Macrobiotus sapiens Binda & Pilato 1984 and Isohypsibius kristenseni Pilato et al. 1989, are new for the African fauna.
Notes on some tardigrades from southern Mexico with description of three new species
Eight species of tardigrades are reported from southern Mexico (Chiapas: Selva El Ocote). Two of them (Pseudechiniscus juanitae De Barros, 1939 and Doryphoribius gibber Beasley & Pilato, 1987) are…
The systematics of Eutardigrada
- G. Pilato
- Biology
- 27 April 2009
The author maintains to have observed a series of errors and imprecisions in methodology and interpretation and rejects the new systematic arrangement of the families of Eutardigrada.
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