Doryphoribius flavus ( Iharos, 1966 ) 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 : 54

128. Doryphoribius flavus ( Iharos, 1966) sensu lato [T]

Doryphoribius citrinus (Maucci) ( Claps & Rossi 1997)

Terra typica: Hungary (Europe)

Uruguay:

• 31°03′S, 57°38′W; 50 m asl: Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or soil. Claps & Rossi (1997)

• 34°10′S, 55°49′W; 50 m asl: Florida Department, Arroyo San Juan, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or soil. Claps & Rossi (1997)

Record numbers: Uruguay: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species has a rather disjunct distribution ( McInnes 1994a) that could indicate the need for further taxonomic analysis, especially in the light of numerous recently described Doryphoribius species (see Degma et al. 2009–2014 and key in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2010). This was also confirmed in a recent discussion on the synonymy of Doryphoribius flavus and Doryphoribius citrinus by Lisi (2011) who states, “...the records of D. flavus in South America, in South Africa and in Bali are incorrect. This means the geographic distribution of D. flavus requires re-evaluation…”.