Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991
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128. Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991 [T]
Macrobiotus iharosi n. sp. (Pilato et al. 1991)
Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991 (Binda & Pilato 1995a, Pilato et al. 2003) Terra typica: Tanzania (Africa)
Democratic Republic of Congo:
• 00°04′S, 29°18′E; 1,950 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Lukanga, lichen (1 sample) and moss (Brachythecium velutinum) (1 sample). Pilato et al. (2003)
• 01°10′S, 28°28′E; 1,000 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Mohanga, moss (Campylopus cfr. fragilis). Pilato et al. (2003)
Republic of South Africa:
• 29°44′S, 30°32′E; 750 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Tala Private Game Reserve, lichen on tree (Acacia). Meyer & Hinton (2009)
Tanzania:
• 03°09′S, 35°29′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Volcano, mosses. Pilato et al. (1991)
• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a)
Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 2, Republic of South Africa: 1, Tanzania: 2; total: 5.
Remarks. Like other members of the hufelandi group, this species requires careful taxonomic analysis, including egg morphology, to properly differentiate the individual species (see Bertolani & Rebecchi 1993 for the review). This recently described species is currently reported from central and southern Africa.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Macrobiotidae
- Genus
- Macrobiotus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Parachela
- Phylum
- Tardigrada
- Scientific name authorship
- Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro
- Species
- iharosi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, 1991 sec. Kaczmarek, 2017
References
- Pilato, G., Binda, M. G. & Catanzaro, R. (1991) Remarks on some tardigrades of the African fauna with the description of three new species of MacRobiotus Schultze 1834. TRopical Zoology, 4, 167 - 178. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1991.10539487
- Binda, M. G. & Pilato, G. (1995 a) Some notes on African tardigrades with description of two new species. TRopical Zoology, 8, 367 - 372. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03946975.1995.10539294
- Meyer, H. A. & Hinton, J. G. (2009) The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus haRRylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae). AfRican InveRtebRates, 50 (2), 255 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.5733 / afin. 050.0203
- Bertolani, R. & Rebecchi, L. (1993) A revision of the MacRobiotus hufelandi group (Tardigrada, Macrobiotidae), with some observations on the taxonomic characters of eutardigrades. Zoologica ScRipta, 22, 127 - 152. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.1993. tb 00347. x