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
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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200.
Minibiotus pilatus
Claxton, 1998
sensu
lato [T]
Minibiotus
cf.
pilatus
Claxton, 1998 (
Lisi
et al.
2014
)
Terra typica
:
Australia
(Australasia)
Colombia
:
•
11°05′51.6′′N
,
74°04′55.3′′W
;
1,473 m
asl:
Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa
Marta
, between La Tagua and Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, sub-Andean forest, moss and liverwort (
Thuidiaceae
sp. and
Porella
sp.) from dead wood (fallen tree).
Lisi
et al.
(2014)
Record numbers:
Colombia
: 1;
total: 1.
Remarks:
Until
Lisi
et al.
(2014)
reported only from the
type
locale in
Australia
. Colombian examples correspond to the original description but as eggs were not found, the record is uncertain. Further study is necessary to confirm the presence of this species in South
America
(
Lisi
et al.
2014
).