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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journal article
24986
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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Hypsibius
cf.
convergens
Terra typica:
Lithuania
(Europe).
Material examined:
One specimen: Sierra Gomas,
3.3 km
SW of La Higuera (
26°22′8.537′′N
,
100°29′11.343′′W
,
ca.
1264 m
asl), Villaldama,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Moss on rock, coll. Manuel Nevarez de los Reyes,
27 July 2014
.
Four
specimens:
El Pilar
(
25°17′23.13′′N
,
100°30′13.52′′W
,
ca.
2973 m
asl
),
Arteaga
,
Coahuila
,
Mexico
.
Moss
on tree, coll.
Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda
,
14 February 2015
.
Comments:
Our specimens correspond well with the characteristics mentioned by
Miller
et al
. (2005)
, however without a redescription of
Hypsibius convergens
(
Urbanowicz, 1925
)
, based on
type
specimens, a correct identification of this taxon is not possible.
Hypsibius
cf.
convergens
has a cosmopolitan distribution (Mc- Innes 1994), but it is probably a species complex. In
Mexico
, this species was reported from Creel, Cuiteco and Temoris in the State of
Chihuahua
(
Schuster 1971
). This is a new record for the State of
Nuevo Leon
.