Isohypsibius schaudinni ( Richters, 1909 ) 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 : 59

147. Isohypsibius schaudinni ( Richters, 1909) sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius schaudinni Richt. ( Iharos 1963)

H. schaudinni Richt. ( Iharos 1969)

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

Argentina:

• 41°58′S, 71°29′W; 1,170 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on bases and barks of trees in Nothofagus pumilio forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on wet grassy crust on banks of brook. Iharos (1963)

• 42°03′S, 71°33′W; 280 m asl: Chubut Province, El Hoyo, above lagoon no. 1, western slope, mosses on soil with Berberis buxifolia . Iharos (1963)

Bolivia:

• 10°49′S, 65°22′W; 150 m asl: Beni Department, Guayaramerín, Estancia Esperanza, gallerian forest along Mamore river, leaf litter and leaf litter on cacao plantation (2 samples). Iharos (1969)

Chile:

• 18°30′S, 69°32′W; 3,100 m asl: Undefined locality in Region XV Arica y Parinacota, foothills of the Altiplano, wet mosses near the stream. Iharos (1969)

• 31°55′S, 71°31′W; 0 m asl: Region IV Coquimbo, Los Vilos, jungle soil and leaf litter. Iharos (1969)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Bolivia: 1, Chile: 2; total: 6.

Remarks: This species with a largely Holarctic distribution ( McInnes 1994a), requires a taxonomic revision.