Hebesuncus conjungens ( Thulin, 1911 ) sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 50

119. Hebesuncus conjungens ( Thulin, 1911) sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius (Hypsibius) conjungens Thulin, 1911 ( Ramazzotti 1962a)

H. (D.) conjungens , H. (H.) conjungens ( Mihelčič, 1967)

H. (H.) conjungens ( Mihelčič 1972)

H. (H.) conjugens Thulin, 1911 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Hebesuncus conjugens ( Thulin, 1911) ( Rossi & Claps 1989)

Terra typica: Sweden (Europe)

Argentina:

• 41°00′S, 71°30′W; 800 m asl: Neuquén Province, Isla Victoria, mosses on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 41°08′S, 71°20′W; 950 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Cerro Runge, very wet, mosses from forest. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°58′S, 71°31′W; 390 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Bolson [El Bolsón], cypress grove, lichens on dry trees in full sun and mosses on dry rocks in full sun (2 samples). Mihelčič (1967)

• 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: 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)

• 50°18′S, 72°48′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988)

• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), dry mosses on tree in full sun. Mihelčič (1972)

Chile:

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [34 ° 17′S, 70 ° 33′W]; 1,500 m asl: Region VI Libertador (Región del Libertador General Bernardo O ′Higgins), near Rancagua (Termas de Cauquenes, Hacienda Chacayes), 80 km on south of Santiago de Chile, steppe shrubs, mosses on rocks in sun. Ramazzotti (1962a)

• 50°59′S, 73°00′W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988)

• 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)

Record numbers: Argentina: 6, Chile: 3; total: 9.

Remarks: Distribution largely Holarctic ( McInnes 1994a), with some confusion over Hebesuncus conjungens taxonomy, suggesting a species complex ( Pilato et al. 2012).