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
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501
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journal article
24986
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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Ramazzottius
cf.
oberhaeuseri
Terra typica:
Germany
(Europe).
Material examined:
Two specimens and one egg: Arroyo Blanco (
25°51′35.37′′N
,
100°31′42.16′′W
,
ca.
873 m
asl),
1 km
SW of La Purisima, Garcia,
Nuevo Leon
.
Mexico
. Moss on tree, coll. Miguel Angel Gonzalez Botello,
1 February 2014
.
One
specimen:
Puerto El Gringo
(
25°23′11.38′′N
,
100°12′08.10′′W
,
ca.
1684 m
asl
),
La
Botella
,
Santiago
,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
.
Moss
on tree (
Quercus
sp.), coll.
Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda
,
17 January 2015
.
Comments:
Our specimens correspond well with the characteristics mentioned by
Pilato
et al
. (2013)
.
McInnes (1994)
mentioned that
Ram. oberhaeuseri
(
Doyère, 1840
)
has a cosmopolitan distribution but
Pilato
et al
. (2013)
reported the need for a revision of the species. Stec
et al
. (2018), suggested that lack of data to complete the identification, should be indicated by reference as
Ram.
cf.
oberhaeuseri
. In
Mexico
, it was reported in the States of
Michoacán
and
Mexico
(
Beasley 1972
). This is the third record for
Mexico
and a new record for the State of
Nuevo Leon
.