Macrobiotus occidentalis Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato
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132. Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910 sensu lato [T]
MacRobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910, MacRobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910 betschâRensis nov. var. (Rahm 1936) MacRobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910 (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964) Terra typica: British Columbia (Canada, North America)
Angola:
• 07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 m asl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964)
• 15°01′S, 13°22′E; 1,950 m asl: Huíla Province, Sá da Bandeira [Lubango], Boca da Humpata, lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964)
Israel and Palestinian National Authority:
• 31°47′N, 35°15′E; 800 m asl: Judean Mountains, Jerusalem, Olives Mt., Pater Noster church, Russians tower, wall of church, moss (SyntRichium sp.) or lichen (XanthoRia paRietina). Rahm (1936)
• 31°46′N, 35°13′E; 800 m asl: Undefined locality, “Betschar bei Kilometer 22”, moss (SyntRichium sp.) or lichen (XanthoRia paRietina). Rahm (1936)
Tanzania:
• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; ca. 2,500 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Maranda [Mandara] trail, tree line, benthos sample from river. Van Rompu et al. (1991a)
Record numbers. Angola: 2, Israel and Palestinian National Authority: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 5.
Remarks. Macrobiotus occidentalis sensu lato is largely Holarctic (McInnes 1994), with a few southern hemisphere reports. The possibility of a species complex would indicate these African specimens should be reexamined.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Kaczmarek
- Species
- occidentalis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus occidentalis , 2017
References
- Murray, J. (1910) Tardigrada. British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909. RepoRts on the Scientific Investigations, 1 (Biology, Part V), 83 - 187.
- Rahm, G. (1936) Tardigraden aus Palastina. ZoologischeR AnzeigeR, 115, 65 - 76.
- Da Cunha, A. X. da & Nascimento Ribeiro, F. (1964) Tardigrados de Angola. GaRcia de ORta, Lisboa, 12, 397 - 406.
- Van Rompu, E. A., De Smet, W. H. & Bafort, J. M. (1991 a) Some freshwater tardigrades from the Kilimanjaro. Naturwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 73, 55 - 62.
- 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