Current knowledge on Mexican tardigrades with a description of Milnesium cassandrae sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae) and discussion on the taxonomic value of dorsal pseudoplates in the genus Milnesium Doyère, 1840
Author
Moreno, Antonio
Author
Roszkowska, Milena
Author
García, Mario Alberto
Author
Flores, José Juan
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-04
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10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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Minibiotus continuus
Pilato &Lisi, 2006
Terra typica:
Mexico
(Central America).
Material examined:
15 specimens
and one egg: Piedmont of Sierra Las Mitras (
25°44′45.98′′N
,
100°25′27.68′′W
,
ca.
700 m
asl), Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Lichen (
Nephroma
sp.) on tree (
Quercus virginiana
), coll. Antonio Moreno
-
Talamantes,
8 November 2014
. Five specimens and three eggs:
1 km
E of La Peñita (
25°20′50.79′′N
,
100°22′01.21′′W
,
ca.
2250 m
asl), Santiago,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Moss on soil, coll. Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda,
9 February 2015
. Three specimens and five eggs: Cerro La Viga (
25°20′23.43′′N
,
100°22′06.42′′W
,
ca.
2645 m
asl),
2 km
E of La Peñita, Santiago,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Moss on soil, coll. Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda,
9 February 2015
.
Comments:
Our specimens and eggs correspond well with the original description.
Minibiotus continuus
has been reported in several localities in
Costa Rica
and
Mexico
(
Pilato & Lisi 2006
;
Kaczmarek
et al
. 2011
, 2014; Meyer 2013), and probably has a wider Neotropical distribution. This is a new record for the State of
Nuevo Leon
.