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Richtersius coronifer subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu

Description

212. Richtersius coronifer (Richters, 1903) sensu lato [T]

Macrobiotus coronifer Richters (Heinis 1914)

Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen) (Norway, Arctic Ocean)

Colombia:

• 02°44′N, 76°50′W; 2,000 m asl: Cauca Department, above Tambo, moss (Thuidium sp.) and hepatic (Frullania coalita Steph.). Heinis (1914)

Record numbers: Colombia: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: With a largely Holarctic distribution (McInnes 1994a), this Colombian record appears anomalous and requires confirmation.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936

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References

  • Richters, F. (1903) Nordische Tardigraden. Zoologisher Anzeiger, 27, 168 - 172.
  • Heinis, F. (1914) Die Moosfauna Columbiens. Memoires de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel, 5, 713 - 724.
  • McInnes, S. J. (1994 a) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. Journal of Natural History, 28, 257 - 352. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131