Minibiotus continuus Pilato &Lisi, 2006

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 : 515

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.5.5

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586412

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Minibiotus continuus Pilato &Lisi, 2006
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Terra typica: Mexico (Central America).

Material examined: 15 specimens and one egg: Piedmont of Sierra Las Mitras (25°44′45.98′′N, 100°25′27.68′′W, ca. 700 m asl), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Lichen ( Nephroma sp.) on tree ( Quercus virginiana ), coll. Antonio Moreno - Talamantes, 8 November 2014. Five specimens and three eggs: 1 km E of La Peñita (25°20′50.79′′N, 100°22′01.21′′W, ca. 2250 m asl), Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Moss on soil, coll. Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda, 9 February 2015. Three specimens and five eggs: Cerro La Viga (25°20′23.43′′N, 100°22′06.42′′W, ca. 2645 m asl), 2 km E of La Peñita, Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Moss on soil, coll. Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda, 9 February 2015.

Comments: Our specimens and eggs correspond well with the original description. Minibiotus continuus has been reported in several localities in Costa Rica and Mexico ( Pilato & Lisi 2006; Kaczmarek et al. 2011, 2014; Meyer 2013), and probably has a wider Neotropical distribution. This is a new record for the State of Nuevo Leon.

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