Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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168.
Murrayon dianeae
(
Kristensen, 1982
)
[F]
MacRobiotus dianeae
Kristensen, 1980
(
Van Rompu
et al.
1991a
)
TeRRa typica
:
Greenland (Arctic)
Tanzania:
•
03°06′S
,
37°25′E
;
ca.
4,250 m
asl
:
Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro
National Park,
Kibo
trail, below saddle
between Kibo and Horombo
, above tree line, alpine meadow, dense vegetation, stagnant water (swamp), benthos sample
.
Van
Rompu
et al.
(1991a)
•
03°07′S
,
37°21′E
;
ca.
4,000 m
asl
:
Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro
National Park, Barranco trail, above tree line, slow running ice covered brooklet, benthos sample
.
Van
Rompu
et al.
(1991a)
Record numbers.
Tanzania: 2;
total: 2.
Remarks.
The African records of this species, all of which lack details of egg structure, appear anomalous alongside the mainly Arctic and sub-Arctic localities in
Greenland
(
McInnes 1994
) and
Canada
(
Collins & Bateman 2001
,
Van
Rompu
et al.
1991b
,
2000
), and require confirmation.