Pilatobius recamieri Richters, 1911b

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 48

113. Pilatobius recamieri Richters, 1911b sensu lato [T/F]

Hypsibius recamieri Richt. ( Iharos 1963)

H. (D.) recamieri (Richters, 1911) ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Diphascon recamieri Richters, 1911 ( Rossi & Claps 1991)

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

Argentina:

• 41°08′S, 71°20′W; 950 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Cerro Runge, very wet, mosses from forest. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°14′S, 71°18′W; 1,050 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Challuaco stream, mosses from water. Rossi & Claps (1991)

• 41°51′S, 71°25′W; 650 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Los Repollos stream, mosses from water. Rossi & Claps (1991)

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on rocks and decaying stumps in marshy Myrceugenia exupca - Nothofagus dombeyi forest and mosses on wet grassy crust on banks of brook (2 samples). Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 370 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., slope above Pampa Azcona, mosses on soil of shrubby area. Iharos (1963)

Record numbers: Argentina: 5; total: 5.

Remarks: Mainly reported from the Holarctic ( McInnes 1994a), so this South American record requires confirmation.