Pilatobius nodulosus ( Ramazzotti, 1957 )

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 : 514

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5586402

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scientific name

Pilatobius nodulosus ( Ramazzotti, 1957 )
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Pilatobius nodulosus ( Ramazzotti, 1957) View in CoL

Terra typica: USA (North America).

Material examined: Two 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. One specimen: La Peñita (25°21′26.16′′N, 100°22′08.03′′W, ca. 2006 m asl), Santiago , Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Moss on soil, coll. Mario Alberto Garcia Aranda, 9 February 2015 GoogleMaps .

Comments: Our specimens correspond well with the original description. The species has a Nearctic distribution ( McInnes 1994). In Mexico, it was reported in the State of Mexico by the Popocatepetl Volcano ( Beasley 1972). This is the first record of this species for the State of Nuevo Leon.

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