Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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144.
Mesobiotus radiatus
Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991
[T]
MacRobiotus Radiatus
n. sp. (Pilato
et al.
1991)
MacRobiotus Radiatus
Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991
(Binda
et al.
2001)
Terra typica
:
Tanzania
(Africa)
Democratic Republic of Congo:
•
00°04′S, 29°18′E;
1,950 m
asl:
North Kivu Province, outskirts of Lukanga, liverwort (
Plagiochila
poRelloides
) (1 sample) and moss (
Entodon
sp.) (1 sample).
Binda
et al.
(2001)
•
01°10′S
,
28°28′E
;
1,000 m
asl
:
North
Kivu Province
, outskirts of
Mohanga
, lichen (1 sample) and moss (
BRachythecium velutinum
) (1 sample).
Binda
et al.
(2001)
Tanzania:
•
03°09′S
,
35°29′E
:
Type
Locality:
Undefined
locality,
Arusha Region
,
Ngorongoro Volcano
, mosses.
Pilato
et al.
(1991)
Record numbers.
Democratic Republic of
Congo
: 2,
Tanzania
: 1;
total: 3.
Remarks.
This relatively recently described species has a central, tropical African distribution.