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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Adropion carolae
(
Binda & Pilato, 1969
)
Terra typica:
Italy
(Europe).
Material examined:
One specimen: Mesa del Oso (
25°16′17.77′′N
,
100°13′41.86′′W
,
ca.
2181 m
asl), Vista Her- mosa, Santiago,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
. Moss on pine (
Pinus
sp.), coll. Jose Juan Flores Maldonado, 6 August 2014.
Comments:
Our specimen correspond well with the original description. The species has a disjunct distribution, being reported from Monte Peloritani,
Italy
(
Binda & Pilato 1969
), Mont Fuji,
Japan
(
Ito 1995
,
1999
), and Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
North Carolina
/
Tennessee
,
USA
(
Bartels & Nelson 2007
;
Nelson & Bartels 2007
,
2013
;
Bertolani
et al
. 2014a
). Although this is a new record for
Mexico
, this species does require further study with more specimens.