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 196. Minibiotus furcatus ( Ehrenberg, 1859 ) sensu lato [T] Macrobiotus furcatus Ehrbg, 1854 (de Barros 1942b , Ramazzotti 1962a , 1964a ) M. furcatus Ehrenberg, 1859 (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944 ) M. furcatus Ehrbg. ( Iharos 1969 ) Macrobiotus furcatus ( Ramazzotti 1964b ) Macrobiotus grupo furcatus ( Garitano-Zavala, 1995 ) M. g. furcatus ( Garitano-Zavala, 1996 ) M. furcatus Ehrenberg ( Claps & Rossi 1997 ) Terra typica : Switzerland (Europe) Bolivia : • 16°13′S , 68°13′W ; 4,550–4,700 m asl : La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995 , 1996 ) • 16°20′S , 68°23′W ; 4,650–4,700m asl : La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995 , 1996 ) Brazil : • 22°44′S , 45°35′W ; 1,650 m asl : São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944) • 23°27′S , 46°34′W ; 750 m asl : São Paulo State, São Paulo, Vila Galvão. de Barros (1942b) Chile : • 30°25′S – 37°45′S [ 33 ° 20′S , 70 ° 28′W ]; 1,000–1,500 m asl : Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), El Arrayán Valley, steppe shrubs, mosses. Ramazzotti (1962a) • 33°24′S , 71°08′W ; 330 m asl : Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Curacaví, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964b) • 33°30′S , 70°55′W ; 850 m asl : Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Quebrada de La Plata, shrubs upland, moss on rock. Iharos (1969) • 34°10′S , 71°15′W ; 980 m asl : Region VI Libertador (Región del Libertador General Bernardo O ′Higgins), El Manzano, mosses on rocks. Ramazzotti (1964a) • 30°25′S – 37°45′S [ 34 ° 17′S , 70 ° 33′W ]; 1,000–1,500 m asl : Region VI Libertador (Región del Libertador General Bernardo O ′Higgins), near Rancagua (Termas de Cauquenes, Hacienda Chacayes), 80 km on south of Santiago de Chile , steppe shrubs, mosses. Ramazzotti (1962a) Uruguay : • 34°25′S , 57°44′W ; 50 m asl : Colonia Department, Riachuelo, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997) Record numbers: Bolivia : 2, Brazil : 2, Chile : 5, Uruguay : 1; total: 10. Remarks: This largely Holarctic species ( McInnes 1994a ) was re-described by Binda & Pilato (1992) . Comparing specimens from Rancagua, Chile ( Ramazzotti 1962a ) Binda & Pilato (1992) ascribed the Chilean samples to a new species (see: M. ramazzotti below). This suggests that all South American Minibiotus furcatus records should be verified.