Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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151.
Minibiotus furcatus
(
Ehrenberg, 1859
)
sensu lato
[T]
MacRobiotus
fuRcatus
Ehrbg. (
Marcus 1933
)
MacRobiotus
fuRcatus
Ehrenberg 1858
(da
Cunha
& do
Nascimento 1964
)
Terra typica
:
Switzerland
(Europe)
Angola:
•
07°25′S
,
15°06′E
;
850 m
asl
:
Uíge Province
,
Mahondo
, lichens.
da
Cunha
& do
Nascimento (1964)
•
07°47′S
,
15°01′E
;
650 m
asl:
Uíge Province
, near Carmona [
Uíge
], Estate at Pumba Loge, lichens.
da
Cunha
& do
Nascimento (1964)
•
14°55′S
,
13°30′E
;
1,750 m
asl
:
Huíla Province
, surroundings of
Sá
da Bandeira
[
Lubango
], mosses and lichens.
da
Cunha
& do
Nascimento (1964)
Namibia:
•
21°24′S
,
17°14′E
;
1,600 m
asl
[
1,450 m
asl]:
Otjozondjupa Region
, Otjiwarongo between Windhoek and Waterberg.
Marcus (1933)
Record numbers.
Angola
: 3,
Namibia
: 1;
total: 4.
Remarks.
This largely Holarctic species (
McInnes 1994
) was re-described by
Binda & Pilato (1992)
. With the recognised species
Minibiotus ethelae
in
South
Africa
we believe the presence of
furcatus
in Africa needs confirmation.