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This paper reported two newly recorded species, Hypsibius convergens Urbanowicz, 1925 and Hypsibius hypostomus Bartoš, 1935, of the genus Hypsibius (Tardigrada; Hypsibiidae) from China. Both species were collected from Taibai Mt, Shaanxi Province. All specimens are deposited at the College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, China.
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Foundation project: This study was supported by scientific research foundation project of Shaanxi Institute of Education (No. 07KJ37Q)
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Wang, Lz., Lian, Zm. Two newly recorded species of the genus Hypsibius (Tardigrada; Hypsibiidae) from China. Journal of Forestry Research 19, 340–342 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-008-0062-z
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