“…To date, about 38 species of the genus Anteholosticha have been described (Alekperov & Asadullayeva, 1999;Berger, 2006Berger, , 2008Blatterer & Foissner, 1988;Borror & Wicklow, 1983;Buitkamp, 1977;Dragesco, 1966Dragesco, , 1970Dragesco & Dragesco-Kernéis, 1986;Foissner, 1982Foissner, , 1987Foissner, , 2000Foissner et al, 2002;Gellért, 1956;Grolière, 1975;Hemberger, 1985;Kahl, 1928Kahl, , 1932Von Mereschkowsky, 1877;Song & Wilbert, 1997;Wirnsberger & Foissner, 1987). Of these, only six species have been described in detail in terms of their morphogenetic processes and likewise SSU rRNA gene sequence data are also only available for six species (Berger, 2006;Chen et al, 2010).…”