Macrobiotus andinus sp. nov. (Maucci 1988)
Terra typica: Chile and Argentina (South America)
Argentina:
• 50 °06′S, 73 ° 18 ′W; 200 m asl: Type Locality: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)
Chile:
• 51 ° 34 ′S, 72 ° 36 ′W; 200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Ultima Esperanza, near Cueva del Milodón, mosses on rocks, in sunlight. Maucci (1988)
• 51 ° 44 ′S, 72 ° 30 ′W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)
• 53 ° 38 ′S, 70 ° 59 ′W; 50 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), San Juan (Punta Arenas), mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999 b)
• 55 ° 14 ′S, 66 ° 33 ′W; 200 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Nueva, mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999 b)
Record numbers: Argentina: 1; Chile: 4; total: 5.
Remarks: Currently endemic to South America.