Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz Author Michalczyk, Łukasz Author Mcinnes, Sandra J. text Zootaxa 2015 3923 1 1 107 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1 2822ae22-53bb-45c1-b3a3-49f7b6c0fb53 1175-5326 241936 2305A96C-0A03-4524-93AA-90359893A4DD 150. Isohypsibius tuberculatus ( Plate, 1888 ) sensu lato [T] M. tuberculatus Plate ( Murray & Wailes 1913 ) Hypsibius tuberculatus Plate ( Iharos 1963 ) H. ( I. ) tuberculatus ( Mihelčič 1967 ) H. ( I. ) tuberculatus ( Mihelčič 1972 ) H. ( I. ) tuberculatus ( Plate, 1888 ) ( Claps & Rossi 1981 ) Terra typica : Germany (Europe) Argentina : • 41°12′S , 71°50′W ; 1,000 m asl : Rio Negro Province, Tronador (Ventisqueros) [Ventisquero Negro del Cerro Tronador], mosses form dry soil and lichens on moist rocks below the glacier (2 samples). Mihelčič (1967) • 41°13′S , 71°30′W ; 2,250 m asl : Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapí National Park, Cerro Catedral, very wet, mosses on leaf litter in the forest. Claps & Rossi (1981) • 41°59′S , 71°31′W ; 360 m asl : Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on cliffs. Iharos (1963) • 42°13′S , 71°42′W ; 220 m asl : Chubut Province, El Turbio, Puelo Lake, mosses on bark of trees Nothofagus dombeyi - Libocedrus chilensis forest near lake. Iharos (1963) • Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967) , shaded and wet, mosses and lichens on soil, dry and wet tufts and rosette plants on rocks and thin and thick wet layer (5 samples). Mihelčič (1972) Bolivia : • 14°49′S , 69°04′W ; 11–12,000 ft asl / 3,350–3,650 m asl: La Paz Department, Pelechuco. Murray & Wailes (1913) Record numbers: Argentina : 5, Bolivia : 1; total: 6. Remarks: Nominal species for the tuberculatus- group with a long history of major taxonomic confusion. This species has mainly a Holarctic distribution ( McInnes 1994a ), and thus the South American records require further analyses.