taxonID	type	description	language	source
03891509FFB2FF93FF1AB0B3FEAAFB6E.taxon	description	(Figs 1 – 3; Table 1) Description: shell bilaterally symmetrical, elongated oval, laterally not flattened, colorless, transparent. The dorsal side is slightly convex, posterior end curved to ventral side. The aperture is almost circular, placed on the ventral side, which is without any invagination and symmetrically convex as the dorsal side. Shell surface smooth, without mineral inclusions (Figs 1 – 3). Measurements: shell length — 30.43 – 33.40 µm; shell breadth – 15.70 – 18.10 µm; shell depth — 15.80 – 17.90 µm; aperture width — 5.10 – 6.20 µm; aperture height — 4.90 – 6.10 µm (Table 1). * Shell measurements are shown in Fig. 3. List of associated testate amoebae: Trigonopyxis arcula, Centropyxis aerophila, C. sylvatica, C. sylvatica var. minor, C. eurystoma var. parvula, Plagiopyxis declivis, P. penardi, Schoenbornia humicola, Difflugia nana, Trinema lineare var. minuscula.	en	Bobrov, Anatoly, Mazei, Yuri (2021): Meisterfeldia bitsevi-new testate amoeba of the family Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942 (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from the tree hollow in the urban park (Moscow Russia) with a key to species of the genus Meisterfeldia. Zootaxa 4908 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.11
03891509FFB2FF93FF1AB0B3FEAAFB6E.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality: Urban park “ Bitsevsky forest ”, Moscow (coordinates 55.59 ° N 37.55 ° E). Mixed spruce-birchlinden forest. Hollows on five trees at a height of 1.5 m. Semi-decomposed litter with a small number of mineral particles. Type specimen: Laboratory of Soil Bioindication, Department of Soil Geography, Faculty of Soil Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University, slide No. 1 - 2020.	en	Bobrov, Anatoly, Mazei, Yuri (2021): Meisterfeldia bitsevi-new testate amoeba of the family Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942 (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from the tree hollow in the urban park (Moscow Russia) with a key to species of the genus Meisterfeldia. Zootaxa 4908 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.11
03891509FFB2FF93FF1AB0B3FEAAFB6E.taxon	etymology	Etymology: species is named after the name of urban park “ Bitsevsky forest ”, where it was found for the first time.	en	Bobrov, Anatoly, Mazei, Yuri (2021): Meisterfeldia bitsevi-new testate amoeba of the family Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942 (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from the tree hollow in the urban park (Moscow Russia) with a key to species of the genus Meisterfeldia. Zootaxa 4908 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.11
03891509FFB2FF93FF1AB0B3FEAAFB6E.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis: from the other species of the genus Meisterfeldia (Figs 4, 5) new species distinguished by its larger size and lack of lateral compression (in contrast with M. chibisovi, M. wegeneri, M. polygonia), slightly elliptic aperture (in contrast with M. vanhoornei) and lack of pseudostomal neck and apertural collar (in contrast with M. turfacea).	en	Bobrov, Anatoly, Mazei, Yuri (2021): Meisterfeldia bitsevi-new testate amoeba of the family Cryptodifflugiidae Jung 1942 (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) from the tree hollow in the urban park (Moscow Russia) with a key to species of the genus Meisterfeldia. Zootaxa 4908 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.11
