Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1903 sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 64-65

159. Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1903 sensu lato [T]

Macrobiotus echinogenitus, Richters ( Murray 1910)

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters. ( Heinis 1914)

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richt. 1903 ( Rahm 1931, 1932)

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

M. echinogenitus Richters, 1904 ( Claps & Rossi 1984)

Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1903 ( Garitano-Zavala 1995) M. echinogenitus ( Garitano-Zavala 1996)

M. echinogenitus Richters ( Claps & Rossi 1997)

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

Argentina:

• 24°45′S, 65°28′W; 1,300 m asl: Salta Province, road from Salta to San Lorenzo, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 42°42′S, 70°30′W; 500 m asl: Chubut Province, Gualjaina, semi-wet, mosses on rocks in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 54°15′S, 67°46′W: Undefined locality on Tierra del Fuego. Rahm (1931, 1932) after Murray (1910)

• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), dry mosses and lichens on trees in full sun, dry mosses and lichens on soil in full sun, shaded and wet, mosses and lichens on soil, wet tufts and rosette plants on rocks and thin and thick wet layer (7 samples). Mihelčič (1972)

Bolivia:

• 16°13′S, 68°13′W; 4,550–4,700 m asl: La Paz, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°20′S, 68°23′W; 4,650–4,700m asl: La Paz, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

Brazil:

• 08°24′S, 38°05′W; 400 m asl: Pernambuco State, Tapera, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

• 23°32′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, neighbourhood of São Paulo, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

Chile:

• 33°20′S, 70°36′W; 1,400 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Santiago de Chile and vicinity, Manquehue Mt., dry soil and mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

• 36°36′S, 72°06′W; 150 m asl: Region VIII Biobío (Región del Biobío), neighbourhood of Chillán, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

• 41°19′S, 72°58′W; 50 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Puerto Varas and Cayutué, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

Colombia:

• 07°09′N, 75°23′W; 1,400 m asl: Antioquia Department, Cafetal La Camelia, hepatic ( Frullania evolita Steph. ), lichens and leaves. Heinis (1914)

• 04°35′N, 74°02′W; 3,300 m asl: Bogota Department, Páramo Cruz Verde, moss ( Sphagnum sp.) mud. Heinis (1914)

• 04°34′N, 74°13′W; 3,800 m asl: Undefined locality Pass des Ruiz, mosses ( Porotrichum nitidum (Hpe.) and Radula sprucei (Steph.)) on tree. Heinis (1914)

• 04°34′N, 74°13′W; 2,500 m asl: Undefined locality on Pass des Boqueron, moss ( Omphalanthus filiformis (Sw.) Nees. Heinis (1914)

Uruguay:

• 30°15′S, 57°36′W; 50 m asl: Artigas Department, Bella Unión, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

Record numbers: Argentina: 4, Bolivia: 2, Brazil: 2, Chile: 3, Colombia: 4, Uruguay: 1; total: 16.

Remarks: Macrobiotus echinogenitus is cosmopolitan ( McInnes 1994a), probably representing a species group, suggesting this South American record requires confirmation.