Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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172.
Macrobiotus nuragicus
Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975
sensu
lato [T]
Terra typica
:
Italy
(Europe)
Argentina
:
•
41°14′S
,
71°18′W
;
1,050 m
asl:
Rio Negro Province, Challuaco stream, mosses from rock in water.
Rossi & Claps (1991)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 1;
total: 1.
Remarks:
This species belongs to the
harmsworthi
group and has a rather disjunct distribution (
McInnes 1994a
). The group requires careful taxonomic analysis including egg morphology (
Kaczmarek
et al.
2011
). The South American record is a potential misidentification.