A new species and five new records of the family Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) from China

A new species of the genus Pseudechiniscus, Pseudechiniscus papillosus sp. nov. , is described and figured in this paper. This new species differs from the other species of the genus Pseudechiniscus by plate sculpture that consists of many papillae-like projections. Four new records of Echiniscus species and one new record of a Pseudechiniscus species are also reported in this article: Echiniscus cheonyoungi Moon & Kim, E . melanophthalmus Bartos, E. nepalensis Dastych, E. trisetosus Cuenot and Pseudechiniscus asper Abe Utsugi & Takeda.