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Macrobiotus ovostriatus Pilato & Patane 1998

Description

175. Macrobiotus ovostriatus Pilato & Patanè, 1998 [T]

Macrobiotus ovostriatus sp. n. (Pilato & Patanè 1998)

Terra typica: Argentina (South America)

Argentina:

• 54°17′S, 66°42′W; 50 m asl: Type Locality: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Peninsula Mitre, Cabo San Pablo, moss and lichen. Pilato & Patanè (1998)

• 54°47′S, 68°16′W; 100 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Peninsula Mitre, Rio Pipo. Pilato & Patanè (1998)

Record numbers: Argentina: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species belongs to the Macrobiotus harmsworthi group, which requires a careful examination to ensure correct identification (see Kaczmarek et al. 2011 for a diagnostic key to the group). Currently, Macrobiotus ovostriatus has been reported from Tierra del Fuego and an egg from sub-Antarctic South Georgia.

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936

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References

  • Pilato, G. & Patane, M. (1998) Macrobiotus ovostriatus, a new species of eutardigrade from Tierra del Fuego. Bollettino delle sedute della Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania, 30, 353, 263 - 268.
  • Kaczmarek, L., Goldyn, B., Prokop, Z. M. & Michalczyk, L. (2011) New records of Tardigrada from Bulgaria with the description of Macrobiotus binieki sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) and a key to the species of the harmsworthi group. Zootaxa, 2781, 29 - 39.