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.
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African Invertebrates
2009
2009-12-31
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5733/afin.050.0203
journal article
10.5733/afin.050.0203
2305-2562
Macrobiotus richtersi
Murray, 1911
Material examined:
SOUTH AFRICA
:
KwaZulu-Natal
:
5 specimens
and
1 egg
,
TPGR
, in foliose lichen on an
Acacia
tree (
SMLA
accession numbers 9363, 9364).
Hypsibius convergens
and
Minibiotus intermedius
were present in the same sample.
Distribution: This cosmopolitan species has previously been found in
Angola
,
South Africa
, and
Zimbabwe
(Table 1).