Hypsibius pallidus subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu
Description
97. Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911 sensu lato [T]
Hypsibius (Hypsibius) pallidus (Ramazzotti 1964b)
H. pallidus (Garitano-Zavala 1996)
Terra typica: Sweden (Europe)
Argentina:
• 36°50′S, 71°00′W; 1,500 m asl: Neuquén Province, Epulauquen Lake, mosses on soil and rock. Rossi et al. (2009)
• 39°14′S, 70°55′W; 950 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Abra Ancha, lichen on soil. Rossi et al. (2009)
Bolivia:
• 16°11′S, 68°35′W; 3680–4000 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Huarina, moorland floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)
• 16°13′S, 68°13′W; 4550–4700 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)
Chile:
• 33°24′S, 71°08′W; 330 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Curacaví, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964b)
Record numbers: Argentina: 2, Bolivia: 2, Chile: 1; total: 5.
Remarks: Hypsibius pallidus sensu lato is a possible species complex that can be confused with H. microps and species belonging to the Hypsibius convergens - dujardini complexes and therefore requires careful examination. Recent work on these taxa species groups has recognised claw details and additional morphometric characters (e.g. Miller et al. 2005, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009a). Originally described from Sweden, Hypsibius pallidus is a common European species (but it is also known from non-European localities) (McInnes 1994a). We suggest this example should be re-examined as potentially representing a new species, questioning the presence of Hypsibius pallidus in South America.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hypsibiidae
- Genus
- Hypsibius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Species
- sensu
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hypsibius pallidus subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015
References
- Thulin, G. (1911) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tardigradenfauna Schwedens. Arkiv for Zoologi, 7, 1 - 60.
- Ramazzotti, G. (1964 b) Tardigradi del Chile, III, con descrizione delle nuove specie Orella minor e Pseudechiniscus lateromamillatus. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 103, 347 - 355.
- Garitano-Zavala, B. A. (1996) Efecto de la humedad microambiental y la altura, sobre la distribucion de la Tardigradifauna Muscicola (Phylum Tardigrada) en la vertiente occidental de la Cordillera Real de los Andes (La Paz, Bolivia). Ecologia en Bolivia, 26, 1 - 48.
- Rossi, G., Claps, M. & Ardohain, D. (2009) Tardigrades from northwestern Patagonia (Neuquen Province, Argentina) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 2095, 21 - 36.
- Garitano-Zavala, A. B. (1995) Primer reporte de las especies de tardigrados muscicolas (Phylum Tardigrada) presentes en la vertiente occidental de Cordillera Real de los Andes (La Paz - Bolivia), Ecologia en Bolivia, 24, 1 - 39.
- Miller, W. R., McInnes, S. J. & Bergstrom, D. M. (2005) Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: Hypsibius heardensis (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae: dujardini group) a new species from sub-Antarctic Heard Island. Zootaxa, 1022, 57 - 64.
- Kaczmarek, L. & Michalczyk, L. (2009 a) Redescription of Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928 and H. pallidus Thulin, 1911 (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) based on the type material from the Thulin collection. Zootaxa, 2275, 60 - 68.
- 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