Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
2017
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42.
Pseudechiniscus jiroveci
Bartoš, 1963
[T]
Pseudechiniscus jiRoveci
Bartos, 1963
(Binda 1984)
Pseudechiniscus jiRoveci
Bartoš 1963
(Pilato
et al.
1991,
Binda & Pilato 1995a
)
Terra typica
:
China
(Asia)
Republic of South Africa:
•
34°01′S
,
23°55′E
;
200 m
asl
:
Eastern
Cape Province
,
Tizitzikama
/
Tzitzikama
[
Tsitsikamma National Park
], moss.
Binda
(1984),
Pilato
et al.
(1991)
Tanzania:
•
03°09′S
,
35°29′E
:
Undefined
locality,
Arusha Region
,
Ngorongoro Volcano
, moss.
Pilato
et al.
(1991)
•
03°12′S
,
37°31′E
;
2,200–2,400 m
asl:
Kilimanjaro Region
, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of
Kilimanjaro
National Park, mosses.
Binda & Pilato (1995a)
Record numbers.
Republic of
South
Africa
: 1,
Tanzania
: 2;
total: 3.
Remarks.
Originally described from five juvenile (two clawed) individuals (
Bartoš, 1963
), this rare species has a restricted distribution including the
type
locale (
China
),
Mongolia
(Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2006) and Africa.