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Richtersius coronifer Kaczmarek 2017, sensu lato

Description

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

MacRobiotus coRonifeR F. Richters, 1903 (Teunissen 1938)

MacRobiotus coRonifeR Richt. (Iharos 1978)

RichteRsia coRonifeR (Richters, 1903) (Binda & Pilato 1987)

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

Algeria:

36°40′N, 04°36′E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987)36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987)36°28′N, 04°14′E; 1,700 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Massif of Djurdjura (Assouille depression). Binda & Pilato (1987) Democratic Republic of Congo:

01°24′S, 29°15′E; 2,100 m asl: North Kivu Province, Albert National Park [Virunga National Park], “ Mayumba ” -

mountain primary forest island in the plain of lava on the volcano Nyamuragira, soil. Teunissen (1938) Tunisia:

36°46'36''N, 08°42'45''E; 784 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, urban, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017)36°46′N, 08°41′E; 700 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, surroundings of Ain Draham, moss and lichen on tree (QueRcus

saubeR). Iharos (1978)

36°44'21''N, 08°43'47''E; 516 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017) Record numbers. Algeria: 3, Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Tunisia: 3; total: 7. Remarks. This largely Holarctic distribution, appears focused in the Arctic, sub-Arctic and montane regions

(McInnes 1994). African records appear restricted to northern and montane localities.

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 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Teunissen, R. J. H. (1938) Tardigraden. ExploRation du PaRc National AlbeRt, Mission de Witte, 16, 1 - 21.
  • Iharos, G. (1978) Data to the knowledge of the Tardigrada fauna of Tunisia. Folia Entomologica HungaRica, 21, 175 - 177.
  • 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