Echiniscus cf. tamus, Mehlen, 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 : 505

Echiniscus cf. tamus

Material examined: One specimen: Las Crucitas (24°30′46.62′′N, 99°59′03.91′′W, ca. 2499 m asl), Aramberri, Nuevo Leon. Mexico. Lichen on tree, coll. Miguel Angel Gonzalez Botello, 3 May 2014.

Comments: Echiniscus tamus Mehlen, 1969 was described from North America (Texas, USA). Our single specimen is similar to the Texan specimen ( Mehlen 1969; Miller & Mehlen 2007), but differs by having a basal spur on the internal claws. This is possibly a new species, but for final identification a larger number of specimens are required.