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Issue: Vol. 3955 No. 4: 6 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.4.7
Page range: 561–568
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Milnesium (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), with the description of Milnesium kogui sp. nov.

Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.
Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.
Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.
Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland. Prometeo Researcher, Laboratorio de Ecología Natural y Aplicada de Invertebrados, Universidad Estatal Amazónica, Campus Principal Km 2.1/2 via a Napo (Paso Lateral) Puyo, Pastaza, Ecuador
biodiversity Milnesium cf. barbadosense M. brachyungue M. katarzynae M. krzysztofi Neotropics Tardigrada water bears

Abstract

A new species, Milnesium kogui sp. nov. is described from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. The new species belongs to the tardigradum group and is most similar, by the claw configuration [2-2]-[2-2], to Milnesium dujiangensis and Milnesium katarzynae. Milnesium kogui sp. nov. differs from M. dujiangensis mainly by the presence of primary branches on all legs and from M. katarzynae by the absence of dorsal sculpture. Additionally, in this paper we present a list of all Milnesium species recorded in Colombia including Milnesium cf. barbadosense Meyer & Hinton, 2012 and M. brachyungue Binda & Pilato, 1990, new additions to the recorded fauna of Colombia.