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
4691
5
501
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journal article
24986
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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Macrobiotus kazmierskii
Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009
Terra typica:
Argentina
(South America).
Material examined:
24 specimens
and
19 eggs
(two embryonated): Piedmont of Sierra Las Mitras (
25°44′55.57′′N
,
100°24′11.19′′W
,
ca.
632 m
asl), Monterrey,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Lichen (
Physcia stellaris
) on trees (
Parkinsonia aculeta
and
Celtis pallida
), coll. Antonio Moreno
-
Talamantes,
7 August 2014
.
Comments:
Our specimens and eggs correspond well with the original description and
type
material. This species has only been reported from
Rio Negro Province
, Nahuel Huapí National Park, Ventisquero Negro in
Argentina
(
Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009
;
Kaczmarek
et al
. 2015
;
Roszkowska
et al
. 2016
). This is a new record for
Mexico
.