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Macrobiotus porteri Rahm 1931

Description

180. Macrobiotus porteri Rahm, 1931 [T]

Macrobiotus porteri spec. nov. (Rahm 1931, 1932)

M. porter (Mihelčič 1972)

Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Argentina

Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), dry mosses and lichens on soil in full sun. Mihelčič (1972) Chile:

• 33°20′S, 70°36′W; 1,400 m asl: Type Locality: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Santiago de Chile and vicinity, Manquehue Mt., dry mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932) • 33°29′S, 70°36′W; 550 m asl: Type Locality: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Santiago de Chile and vicinity, Quebrada de Macul, dry mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932) Record numbers: Argentina: 1, Chile: 2; total: 3.

Remarks: Species with an imprecise diagnosis, currently endemic to South America.

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 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rahm
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Tardigrada
Order
Parachela
Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Macrobiotus
Species
porteri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macrobiotus porteri Rahm, 1931 sec. Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015

References

  • Rahm, G. (1931) Tardigrada of the South of America. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, 35, 118 - 141.
  • Rahm, G. (1932) Freilebende Nematoden, Rotatorien und Tardigraden aus Sudamerika (besonders aus Chile). Zoologisher Anzeiger, 98, 94 - 128.
  • Mihelcic, F. (1972) Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tardigraden Argentiniens. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch- Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 110 / 111, 47 - 52.
  • Mihelcic, F. (1967) Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tardigraden Argentiniens. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch - Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 107, 43 - 56.