Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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191.
Macrobiotus virgatus
Murray, 1910
sensu
lato [T]
M. virgatus
Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913)
Terra typica
: Vancouver
Island
(
Canada
; North
America
)
Peru
:
•
14°19′S
,
69°28′W
;
7,000 ft
asl/
2,200 m
asl: Puno Region, Sandia.
Murray & Wailes (1913)
Record numbers:
Peru
: 1;
total: 1.
Remarks:
The species with an uncertain diagnosis is currently reported from several disjunct Northern and Southern hemispheres localities (
McInnes 1994a
), which suggest a species complex. This Peruvian record requires confirmation via modern taxonomy.