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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1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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90.
Hypsibius arcticus
(
Murray, 1907a
)
sensu lato
[T]
M. arcticus
Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913)
Hypsibius arcticus
(John Murr., 1907)
Jerez & Narváez (2001)
Terra typica
: Franz Josef Land
(
Russia
, Arctic Ocean)
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)
Colombia
:
•
07°07′N
,
73°02′W
;
1,795 m
asl
: Santander Department, El Diviso Natural Reserve, pine forest (
Pinus patula
).
Jerez & Narváez (2001)
Peru
:
•
16°18′S
,
71°25′W
;
9,000 ft
asl
/
2,750 m
asl: Arequipa Region, Arequipa, El Misti.
Murray & Wailes (1913)
Record numbers:
Bolivia
: 1,
Colombia
: 1,
Peru
:1;
total: 3.
Remarks:
Originally described from Franz Josef Land (
Murray 1907a
) the original description is not sufficient to distinguish this species from a possible species complex (see
Dastych 1991
). Without re-description of
type
material the current distribution of this species is questionable.