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
524
journal article
24986
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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Echiniscus
cf.
tamus
Material examined:
One specimen: Las Crucitas (
24°30′46.62′′N
,
99°59′03.91′′W
,
ca.
2499 m
asl), Aramberri,
Nuevo Leon
.
Mexico
. Lichen on tree, coll. Miguel Angel Gonzalez Botello,
3 May 2014
.
Comments:
Echiniscus tamus
Mehlen, 1969
was described from North America (
Texas
,
USA
). Our single specimen is similar to the Texan specimen (
Mehlen 1969
;
Miller & Mehlen 2007
), but differs by having a basal spur on the internal claws. This is possibly a new species, but for final identification a larger number of specimens are required.