Minibiotus pilatus Claxton, 1998 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 : 82

200. Minibiotus pilatus Claxton, 1998 sensu lato [T]

Minibiotus cf. pilatus Claxton, 1998 ( Lisi et al. 2014)

Terra typica: Australia (Australasia)

Colombia:

• 11°05′51.6′′N, 74°04′55.3′′W; 1,473 m asl: Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, between La Tagua and Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, sub-Andean forest, moss and liverwort ( Thuidiaceae sp. and Porella sp.) from dead wood (fallen tree). Lisi et al. (2014)

Record numbers: Colombia: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: Until Lisi et al. (2014) reported only from the type locale in Australia. Colombian examples correspond to the original description but as eggs were not found, the record is uncertain. Further study is necessary to confirm the presence of this species in South America ( Lisi et al. 2014).