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. text African Invertebrates 2009 2009-12-31 50 2 255 255 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.050.0203 journal article 10.5733/afin.050.0203 2305-2562 Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840 Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA & LESOTHO : 15 specimens , SP, HGP and TPGR , in foliose lichens ( SMLA accession numbers 9340, 9342, 9343, 9349, 9352, 9356–9358, 9361, 9362). Present in the same samples were Hypsibius convergens , Ramazzottius theroni , Macrobiotus iharosi , Minibiotus harrylewisi sp. n. , Minibiotus intermedius , and Echiniscus duboisi . Distribution: Milnesium tardigradum is a cosmopolitan species and has previously been found in Angola , Botswana , Lesotho , Namibia , South Africa , and Botswana (Table 1).