First record of Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 (Eutardigrada: Murrayidae) in Mexico

Antonio Moreno-Talamantes; José Flores Maldonado; Milena Roszkowska; Pedro Ríos Guayasamín; Łukasz Kaczmarek

doi:10.15560/11.4.1723

Check List 11(4): e19322, doi: 10.15560/11.4.1723

First record of Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 (Eutardigrada: Murrayidae) in Mexico

Antonio Moreno-Talamantes^‡, Milena Roszkowska^§, Pedro Ríos Guayasamín^|, José Juan Flores Maldonado^¶, Łukasz Kaczmarek^§

‡ Especies, Sociedad y Habitat A. C., Mexico§ Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador| Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Ecuador¶ Especies, Sociedad y Hábitat, A. C., Mexico

Corresponding author: Antonio Moreno-Talamantes ( amorenot@prodigy.net.mx )

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Citation: Moreno-Talamantes A, Flores Maldonado J, Roszkowska M, Ríos Guayasamín P, Kaczmarek Ł (2015) First record of Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 (Eutardigrada: Murrayidae) in Mexico. Check List 11(4): 1723. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1723

Abstract

In this paper we provide the first record of the eutardigrade Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1982 from Mexico (North America). Our report increases the range of this species and the number of tardigrade species known from Mexico to 43 taxa.

Keywords

Huasteca Canyon; North America; Nuevo Leon; Tardigrada; Water Bears