Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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149.
Isohypsibius tetradactyloides
(
Richters, 1907
)
sensu
lato [F]
Isohypsibius tetradactyloides
(Richters) (
Claps & Rossi 1997
)
Terra typica
: Crozet Archipelago (Indian Ocean)
Argentina
:
•
24°30′S
,
65°17′W
;
1,200 m
asl
: Jujuy Province, Abra de Santa Laura, lichens on mountain slope.
Claps & Rossi (1984)
•
26°08′S
,
54°35′W
;
150 m
asl
: Misiones Province, Torocuá stream,
12 km
on S of Puerto Esperanza, moss on rock.
Claps & Rossi (1988)
•
26°47′S
,
65°19′W
;
650 m
asl
: Tucumán Province, Arroyo Horco Molle, mosses from water.
Rossi & Claps (1991)
•
27°20′S
,
55°03′W
;
350 m
asl
: Misiones Province, Campo Viera, lichen on tree.
Claps & Rossi (1988)
Uruguay
:
•
31°03′S
,
57°38′W
;
50 m
asl
: Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens from rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes.
Claps & Rossi (1997)
•
34°28′S
,
57°50′W
; 0 m asl
: Colonia Department, Colonia [Colonia del Sacramento], mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes.
Claps & Rossi (1997)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 4,
Uruguay
: 2;
total: 6.
Remarks:
A largely Palaearctic species with single African, Asian or North American records (
McInnes 1994a
), despite the Southern Indian Ocean
type
locale, which suggests a species complex in need of revision.