Macrobiotus szeptyckii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009b

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 77

189. Macrobiotus szeptyckii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009b [T]

Macrobiotus szeptyckii sp. n. ( Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009b)

Terra typica: Argentina (South America)

Argentina:

• 41°11.551´S, 71°49.908´W / 41 ° 12′N, 71 ° 50′W; 1,100 m asl [1,000 m asl]: Rio Negro Province, Nahul Huapi National Park, Ventisquero Negro, Nothofagus forest, moss on rocks. Kaczmarek & Michalczyk (2009b)

• 41°31′S, 71°30′W; 950 m asl: Type Locality: Rio Negro Province, Nahul Huapi National Park, 70 km south of San Carlos de Bariloche, moss on rocks. Kaczmarek & Michalczyk (2009b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: Currently endemic to Argentina, this species belongs to the Macrobiotus harmsworthi group, which requires a careful examination to ensure correct identification (see Kaczmarek et al. 2011 for a diagnostic key to the group). Macrobiotus szeptyckii is extremely similar to M. tehuelchensis , described in the same year and from the same region, and are possible synonymous.