Macrobiotus liviae 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 : 72

169. Macrobiotus liviae Ramazzotti, 1962a [T]

Macrobiotus liviae spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1962a )

Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Chile:

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

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [37 ° 43′S, 73 ° 02′W]; 1,100 m asl: Type Locality: Cordillera Nahuelbuta (Cabrería) on S of Concepción, mixed rainforest with Araucaria araucana , Nothofagus obliqua and N. dombeyi , lichens. Ramazzotti (1962a)

Record numbers: Chile: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: This species of the harmsworthi group has an apparent Gondwanan distribution ( McInnes 1994a). However, the reports from New Zealand have been re-attributed to other species ( Pilato & Binda 1996b), which has narrowed the range to a possible Neotropic distribution. Like many other macrobiotids, this group requires careful taxonomic analysis including egg morphology (see Kaczmarek et al. 2011 for a diagnostic key to the group).