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Zootaxa 1122: 1–23 (2006) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ ZOOTAXA 1122 Copyright © 2006 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) Five new species of the genus Milnesium (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Milnesiidae) DENIS V. TUMANOV Laboratory of Freshwater and Experimental Hydrobiology, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia; e-mail: [email protected] Abstract An illustrated description of five new tardigrade species belonging to genus Milnesium is given. The new species differ from all known species of this genus mainly by the proportions of the claws and bucco-pharyngeal apparatus. A new key to the determination of recent species of the genus Milnesium is presented. Key words: Tardigrada, Milnesium antarcticum sp. nov., Milnesium almatyense sp. nov., Milnesium asiaticum sp. nov., Milnesium reductum sp. nov., Milnesium longiungue sp. nov., Antarctica, Himalaya, Tien-Shan Introduction For a long time the genus Milnesium was considered as monotypic with a single valid cosmopolitan species Milnesium tardigradum Doyére, 1840. Later some new characters (proportions of claws and buccal tube, claw structure, cuticular sculpture) were taken into consideration (Maucci 1988(1991), Binda & Pilato 1990, Pilato & Binda 1991, Pilato et al. 2002) and it led to the description of several new species. Today the genus Milnesium consists of 7 recent species, 2 recent subspecies and one extinct species. Among them, only Milnesium tardigradum is widely distributed (traditionally considered to be cosmopolitan, but now reports of this species should be revised) while other species are known from restricted areas (Milnesium brachyungue Binda & Pilato, 1990—Chile, M. eurystomum Maucci, 1988(1991)—Greenland, M. dujiangensis Yang, 2003—China, M. katarzynae Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Beasley, 2004—China, M. reticulatum Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2002—Seychelles, M. tetralamellatum Pilato & Binda, 1991—Tanzania and Seychelles). The single extinct species Milnesium swolenskyi Bertolani & Grimaldi, 2000 is known from Cretaceous amber. During my work with tardigrada material from different Accepted by C. Beasley: 16 Dec. 2005; published: 2 Feb. 2006 1.

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