Isohypsibius myrops

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 57

139. Isohypsibius myrops (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944) [F]

H. (I.) myrops sp. n. (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944)

Terra typica: Brazil (South America)

Brazil:

• 23°34′S, 46°44′W; 750 m asl: Type Locality: São Paulo State, São Paulo, in aquarium of Department of Zoology, Faculty of Philosofia, between aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 23°39′S, 46°42′W; 750 m asl: Type Locality: São Paulo State, Santo Amaro, on the edge of São Paulo, in the stream, between aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 25°26′S, 49°16′W; 900 m asl: Type Locality: Paraná State, Curitiba, between aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

Record numbers: Brazil: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: Species known only from Brazil and from doubtful records in Japanese sewage treatment plants ( Utsugi 2001).