The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae)
Author
Meyer, Harry A.
Author
Hinton, Juliana G.
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African Invertebrates
2009
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.050.0203
journal article
10.5733/afin.050.0203
2305-2562
Ramazzottius theroni
Dastych, 1993
Material examined:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
:
31 specimens
and
1 egg
,
HGP
, in foliose lichens on
Acacia
trees (
SMLA
accession numbers 9340, 9341, 9353, 9355, 9357;
NMSA
accession number 9347).
Echiniscus duboisi
,
Macrobiotus iharosi
,
Minibiotus harrylewisi
sp. n.
,
Min. intermedius
, and
Milnesium tardigradum
were present in the same samples.
Distribution: Hitherto this species was known only from its
type
locality in
Western Cape Province
,
South Africa
.