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 2822ae22-53bb-45c1-b3a3-49f7b6c0fb53 1175-5326 241936 2305A96C-0A03-4524-93AA-90359893A4DD 182. Macrobiotus psephus du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944 [T] M. psephus sp. n. (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944 ) M. psephus du Bois Reymond ( Claps & Rossi 1997 ) Terra typica : Brazil (South America ) Brazil : • 22°44′S , 45°35′W ; 1,650 m asl : Type Locality : São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois- Reymond Marcus (1944) Uruguay : • 31°03′S , 57°38′W ; 50 m asl : Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997) Venezuela : • 10°20′N , 67°21′W ; 2,000 m asl : Undefined locality, Region Central, Aragua, Entrada Costa Maya, mosses. Séméria (1993) Record numbers: Brazil : 1, Uruguay : 1, Venezuela : 1; total: 3. Remarks: The species originally described from South America (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944 ) and later found in Costa Rica ( Kaczmarek et al. 2014a ). Specimens from Costa Rica indicate that this species requires a redescription and should probably be transferred to the genus Paramacrobiotus .