title: The genus Milnesium (Eutardigrada: Milnesiidae) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (Colombia), with the description of Milnesium kogui sp. nov.
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.
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.; Email: rosanalondono@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Londoño
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.; Email: anisbeth.daza@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Anisbeth
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daza
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.; Email: mcamaranto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Martín
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caicedo
authors.affiliation: Universidad del Magdalena, Grupo de Investigación MIKU, Carrera 32 No 22-08, Santa Marta D.T.C.H., Colombia.; Email: sigmerquiroga@unimagdalena.edu.co.
authors.forename: Sigmer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.affiliation: 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; Email: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Łukasz
authors.initials: Ł
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003105:Colombia; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D058467:Tardigrada / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development