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
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-11-04
4691
5
501
524
journal article
24986
10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5
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1175-5326
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Cornechiniscus lobatus
(
Ramazzotti, 1943
)
Terra typica:
Italy
(Europe).
Material examined:
24 specimens
:
1 km
S of
Puerto Genovevo
(
25°43′02.98′′N
,
100°04′18.71′′W
,
ca.
1103 m
asl
),
Santiago
,
Nuevo Leon
,
Mexico
.
Lichen
on rock, coll.
Antonio Moreno
-
Talamantes
,
30 August 2014
.
Comments:
Our specimens correspond well with to the original description. This species has been reported in many localities in the northern hemisphere (
McInnes 1994
). This species was reported from
Sinaloa
,
Mexico
(
Beasley 1972
), and this is the second record for
Mexico
.