Doryphoribius dawkinsi Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2010

Moreno, Antonio, Roszkowska, Milena, García, Mario Alberto, Flores, José Juan & Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2019, 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, Zootaxa 4691 (5), pp. 501-524 : 516

Doryphoribius dawkinsi Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2010

Terra typica: Costa Rica (Central America).

Material examined: One specimen: 400 m S of El Venadito (25°21′03.31′′N, 100°20′45.18′′W, ca. 2090 m asl), Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Moss on soil, coll. Oscar Ballesteros Medrano, 30 March 2014. Four specimens: 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 original description. The species has been found in Costa Rica ( Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2010), and Kansas, USA ( Spiers et al. 2013). This is a new record for Mexico.