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Paramacrobiotus areolatus Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

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156. Paramacrobiotus areolatus (Murray, 1907c) sensu lato [T]

MacRobiotus aReolatus Murray, 1907 (Binda 1984, Binda & Pilato 1987)

PaRamacRobiotus cf. aReolatus (Murray, 1907)? (Gąsiorek et al. 2017)

Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen)

Algeria:

• 36°40′N, 04°36′E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987)

Mozambique:

• 23°52′S, 35°23′E; 0 m asl: Inhambene Province, Inhambene, moss. Binda (1984)

Tunisia:

• 37°10'46''N, 10°15'11''E; 120 m asl: Bizerte Governorate, Raf Raf, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°53'57''N, 10°18'19''E; 67 m asl: Tunis Governorate, Gammarth, rural, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°46'30''N, 08°44'23''E; 636 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°47'51''N, 08°52'24''E; 590 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°45'59''N, 08°47'52''E; 561 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°44'20''N, 08°43'43''E; 511 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°44'13''N, 08°40'59''E; 765 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°43'45''N, 08°44'11''E; 373 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°43'43''N, 08°40'50''E; 742 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°43'20''N, 08°40'58''E; 668 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°43'19''N, 08°43'30''E; 474 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°42'48''N, 08°43'30''E; 371 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

• 36°42'10''N, 08°40'46''E; 462 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)

Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Mozambique: 1, Tunisia: 13; total: 15.

Remarks. The genus Paramacrobiotus (until recently a species-group within Macrobiotus) has been divided into richtersi and areolatus (with and without macroplacoid, respectively) species groups. Paramacrobiotus areolatus, once considered cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994), is now recognised as the nominal species for a group of very similar taxa that require careful taxonomic examination of adults and egg morphology for correct identification. A few new (including African) species of the areolatus group (e.g. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006b, Degma et al. 2008, Kaczmarek et al. 2014b). Both Richters (1908) and Binda (1984) predate the taxonomic changes and failed to find eggs, essential for correct species identification. This, in conjunction with P. areolatus being originally described from the Arctic, implies all African records should be treated with caution until relevant examples are re-examined or new African material is confirmed.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on page 54, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D32227E73FF6BFBDC6800FF43

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1010400 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD40C7532177E45FFFCFFEB6D1DFF96 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03ED740D32227E73FF6BFBDC6800FF43 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/135435631 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31842/taxon/03ED740D32227E73FF6BFBDC6800FF43.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Paramacrobiotus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Kaczmarek
Species
areolatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paramacrobiotus areolatus , 2017

References

  • Murray, J. (1907 c) Arctic Tardigrada, collected by Wm. S. Bruce. TRansactions of the Royal Society of EdinbuRgh, 45, 669 - 681. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0080456800011789
  • Gasiorek, P., Morek, W., Stec, D., Marnissi, J. & Michalczyk, L. (2017) The tardigrade fauna of Tunisia, with an integrative description of BRyodelphax maculatus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea). African Zoology. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 15627020.2017.1297688
  • McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131
  • Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2006 b) MacRobiotus huzioRi, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Costa Rica (Central America). Zootaxa, 1169, 47 - 59.
  • Degma, P., Michalczyk, L. & Kaczmarek, L. (2008) MacRobiotus deRkai, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, huzoRi group) from the Colombian Andes (South America). Zootaxa, 1731, 1 - 23.
  • Kaczmarek, L., Cytan, J., Zawierucha, K., Diduszko, D. & Michalczyk, L. (2014 b) Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela. Zootaxa, 3790 (2), 357 - 379. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3790.2.5
  • Richters, F. (1908) Moosbewohner. Wissenschaftliche ERgebnisse deR Schwedischen SudpolaR-Expedition (1901 - 1903), Stockholm, 6, 1 - 16.