Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009

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

Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009

Terra typica: Argentina (South America).

Material examined: 24 specimens and 19 eggs (two embryonated): Piedmont of Sierra Las Mitras (25°44′55.57′′N, 100°24′11.19′′W, ca. 632 m asl), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Lichen ( Physcia stellaris ) on trees ( Parkinsonia aculeta and Celtis pallida ), coll. Antonio Moreno - Talamantes, 7 August 2014.

Comments: Our specimens and eggs correspond well with the original description and type material. This species has only been reported from Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapí National Park, Ventisquero Negro in Argentina ( Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009; Kaczmarek et al. 2015; Roszkowska et al. 2016). This is a new record for Mexico.