Adropion carolae ( Binda & Pilato, 1969 )

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 : 513-514

Adropion carolae ( Binda & Pilato, 1969) Terra typica: Italy (Europe). Material examined: One specimen: Mesa del Oso (25°16′17.77′′N, 100°13′41.86′′W, ca. 2181 m asl), Vista Her- mosa, Santiago, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Moss on pine ( Pinus sp.), coll. Jose Juan Flores Maldonado, 6 August 2014.

Comments: Our specimen correspond well with the original description. The species has a disjunct distribution, being reported from Monte Peloritani, Italy ( Binda & Pilato 1969), Mont Fuji, Japan ( Ito 1995, 1999), and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina / Tennessee, USA ( Bartels & Nelson 2007; Nelson & Bartels 2007, 2013; Bertolani et al. 2014a). Although this is a new record for Mexico, this species does require further study with more specimens.