Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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112.
Isohypsibius schaudinni
(
Richters, 1909
)
sensu lato
[T]
H.
(
I.
)
schaudinni
(Richters) 1901
(
Marcus 1936
)
Hypsibius schaudinni
(
Iharos 1969a
)
Terra typica
: Svalbard (Spitsbergen)
Gabon:
•
00°18′N
,
09°30′E
;
10–40 m
asl
:
Estuaire Province
, near
Libreville
,
Owendo
, moss on tree.
Iharos (1969a)
Kenya:
•
01°05′S
,
37°15′E
;
1,400 m
asl
:
Kiambu County
,
between Nairobi and Fort Hall, Thika Falls
[
Fourteen Falls
] on
Athi River
, on spray wet leaves at the foot of the waterfall.
Marcus (1935)
Zimbabwe:
•
20°06′S
,
31°00′E
;
1,050 m
asl
:
Masvingo Province
,
Popoteke Gorge
[
Popoteki Gorge
], along the river, under reeds, humid soil
.
Van
Rompu
et al.
(1995)
Record numbers.
Gabon
: 1,
Kenya
: 1,
Zimbabwe
: 1;
total: 3.
Remarks.
The largely Holarctic distribution (
McInnes 1994
), requires taxonomic revision of
type
material to clarify the true distribution of this species.