Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 63

156. Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988 [T]

Macrobiotus andinus sp. nov. ( Maucci 1988)

Terra typica: Chile and Argentina (South America)

Argentina:

• 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: Type Locality: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)

Chile:

• 51°34′S, 72°36′W; 200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Ultima Esperanza, near Cueva del Milodón, mosses on rocks, in sunlight. Maucci (1988)

• 51°44′S, 72°30′W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)

• 53 ° 38′S, 70 ° 59′W; 50 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), San Juan (Punta Arenas), mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999b)

• 55°14′S, 66°33′W; 200 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Nueva, mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1; Chile: 4; total: 5.

Remarks: Currently endemic to South America.