Minibiotus subintermedius ( Ramazzotti, 1962a )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 83

204. Minibiotus subintermedius ( Ramazzotti, 1962a) [T]

Macrobiotus subintermedius spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1962a )

Macrobiotus subintermedius Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Ramazzotti 1964a)

Macrobiotus intermedius (o subintermedius ?) ( Ramazzotti 1964b )

Macrobiotus subintermedius ( Ramazzotti 1964b)

M. subintermedius Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Argentina:

• 39°14′S, 70°55′W; 950 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Abra Ancha, lichen on soil. Rossi et al. (2009)

• 40°50′S, 71°38′W; 900 m asl: Neuquén Province, Peninsula de Quetrihue, semi-wet and dry, mosses on tree in coppice, mosses on rock and soil in the forest and lichens on trees (4 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 43°53′S, 68°25′W; 250 m asl: Chubut Province, Los Altares, semi-wet, moss on rock. Claps & Rossi (1981)

Chile:

• 22°30′S, 67°54′W; 4,150–4,600 m asl: Region II Antofagasta, Cerro Pajonal, near Bolivian border, lichens. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S: 240– 1,900 m asl: Type locality: Undefined localities Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), Cerro El Roble, 45 km on East of Valparaiso or Region VIII Biobío (Región del Biobío), Cordillera Nahuelbuta (Cabrería) on south of Concepción or Region IV Coquimbo (Región de Coquimbo), Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park, Fray Jorge and Los Molles or Region VI Libertador (Región del Libertador General Bernardo O ′Higgins), near Rancagua, 80 km on south of Santiago de Chile from caudacifolio forest with N. obliqua var macrocarpa or temperate rainforest, surrounded by steppe or mixed rainforest with Araucaria araucana , Nothofagus obliqua and N. dombeyi , mosses and lichens. Ramazzotti (1962a)

• 33°27′S, 71°40′W; 3–5 m asl: Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), Quebrada de Cordoba/El Tabo, lichens. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 35°00′S, 70°48′W; 720–735 m asl: Region VII Maule (Región del Maule), Los Queñes/Curicò, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 37°43′S 73°02′W; 1,100 m asl: Undefined locality in Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Cordillera Nahuelbuta, lichens. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 39°50′S, 73°12′W; 30 m asl: Region XIV Los Ríos (Región de Los Ríos), neighbourhood of Valdivia, mosses and lichens. Ramazzotti (1964b)

• 42°37′S, 73°49′W; 50–100 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses (2 samples). Ramazzotti (1964b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Chile: 7; total: 10.

Remarks: A Neotropical species with a doubtful report from Finland) ( McInnes 1994a). It seems that this species is limited to South America.

The Ramazzotti (1964a) report is uncertain as he did not find eggs and thus was not able to confirm whether his specimens belong to M. intermedius or M. subintermedius (see remarks for M. intermedius above).