Macrobiotus occidentalis subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu
Description
173. Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910 sensu lato [T]
Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913)
Macrobiotus occidentalis J. Murr. (Iharos 1963)
Macrobiotus cf. occidentalis John Murr., 1910 (Jerez & Narváez 2001) Terra typica: British Columbia (Canada, North America)
Argentina:
• 41°58′S, 71°29′W; 1,170 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on bases and barks of trees in Nothofagus pumilio forest. Iharos (1963)
• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses under saxicolous plants on the extremely arid cliffs of promontory. Iharos (1963)
Brazil:
• 09°50′S, 50°58′W: Undefined locality in Brazil. Murray & Wailes (1913)
Colombia:
• 07°07′N, 73°02′W; 1,970–2,010 m asl: Santander Department, El Diviso Natural Reserve, Pine forest (Pinus patula) and secondary forest, mosses (Lyperodon tomentosus and Sematophyllum insularum). Jerez & Narváez (2001)
Peru:
• 14°19′S, 69°28′W; 7,000 ft asl/ 2,200 m asl: Puno Region, Sandia. Murray & Wailes (1913)
Record numbers: Argentina: 2, Brazil: 1, Colombia: 1, Peru: 1; total: 5.
Remarks: Macrobiotus occidentalis sensu lato has a largely Holarctic distribution (McInnes 1994a) but with some southern hemisphere reports, which suggests a possible species complex. The South American record requires verification.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Species
- sensu
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus occidentalis subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015
References
- Murray, J. (1910) Tardigrada. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. Reports on the Scientific Investigations, 1 (Biology, Part V), 83 - 187.
- Murray, J. & Wailes, G. H. (1913) Notes on the Natural History of Bolivia and Peru. The Scottish oceanographic laboratory Edinburgh, 1 - 45.
- Iharos, G. (1963) The zoological results of Gy. Topal's collections in South Argentina, 3. Tardigrada. Annales Historico Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 55, 293 - 299.
- Jerez Jaimes, J. H. & Narvaez Parra, E. X. (2001) Tardigrados (Animalia, tardigrada) de la Reserva El Diviso - Santander, Colombia. Biota Colombiana, 2, 145 - 151.
- 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