Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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78.
Ramazzottius szeptycki
(
Dastych, 1980
)
[T]
Ramazzottius szeptyckii
(
Dastych, 1980
)
(
Van
Rompu
et al.
(1991a)
Ramazzottius szepticki
(
Dastych 1980
)
(Pilato
et al.
1991,
Binda & Pilato 1995a
)
Terra typica
: Republic of South Africa (Africa)
Republic of South Africa:
•
25°11′S
,
30°46′E
;
ca.
1,400 m
asl
:
Type
Locality:
Mpumalanga Province
,
Hendriksdaal
, ravine of
Palmer’s Creek
, moss on rock.
Dastych (1980)
•
28°57′S
,
29°11′E
;
1,600 m
asl
:
KwaZulu-Natal Province
,
Drakensberg Mountains
,
Cathedral Peak area
,
Indumeni Forest
, moss on rock.
Dastych (2009)
•
29°18′S
,
30°14′E
;
1,300 m
asl
:
KwaZulu-Natal Province
,
Karkloof Nature Reserve
,
Rockwood House
, mosses and lichens on tree.
Dastych (2009)
Tanzania:
•
03°09′S
,
35°29′E
:
Undefined
locality,
Arusha Region
,
Ngorongoro Volcano
, mosses.
Pilato
et al.
(1991)
•
03°12′S
,
37°31′E
;
2,200–2,400 m
asl:
Kilimanjaro Region
, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of
Kilimanjaro
National Park, mosses.
Binda & Pilato (1995a)
•
03°17′S
,
37°31′E
;
ca.
1,500 m
asl
:
Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro
National Park, Marangu gate, rain forest, below tree line, river, benthos sample
.
Van
Rompu
et al.
(1991a)
Record numbers.
Republic of
South
Africa
: 3,
Tanzania
: 3;
total: 6.
Remarks.
This species has a limited distribution in southern and eastern Africa.