Minibiotus intermedius ( Plate, 1888 ), 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 53-54

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6050225

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-3223-7E70-FF6B-FC0E6F63FC26

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Plazi

scientific name

Minibiotus intermedius ( Plate, 1888 )
status

sensu lato

155. Minibiotus intermedius ( Plate, 1888) View in CoL sensu lato [T]

Macrobiotus View in CoL intermedius View in CoL Plate. ( Pardi 1941, Iharos 1978)

M. intermedius View in CoL Plate ( Murray (1913)

Macrobiotus View in CoL intermedius Plate 1888 View in CoL (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964) Macrobiotus View in CoL intermedius ( Iharos 1969a) View in CoL

Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1889) View in CoL (Pilato et al. 1991, Fontoura et al. 2010) Minibiotus intermedius Plate 1888 View in CoL (Binda et al. 2001)

Minibiotus intermedius ( Middleton 2003) View in CoL

Terra typica : Chile (South America)

Angola:

• 07°25′S, 15°06′E; 850 m asl: Uíge Province, Mahondo , mosses and lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) GoogleMaps

• 07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 m asl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, mosses and lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964)

• 14°55′S, 13°30′E; 1,750 m asl: Huíla Province, surroundings of Sá da Bandeira [Lubango], mosses and lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) GoogleMaps

Botswana:

• 19°10′S, 23°25′E; 950 m asl: North West District, Moremi , moss or lichen on tree or rock. Middleton (2003) GoogleMaps

Cameroon:

• 04°57′N, 09°56′E; 800 m asl: Littoral Region, Kongsamba [ Nkongsamba ], moss on tree. Iharos (1969a) GoogleMaps

• 04°39′N, 09°25′E; 600 m asl [400 m asl]: Southwest Region, Kumba, shore of Lake Barombi Mbo, protected rainforest, moss on tree. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°12′N, 09°12′E; 2,900–3,000 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, moss on tree and lava blocks. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°11′N, 09°12′E; 1,950–2,050 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, S side, grassy lava field and the area of the timberline by trees and lava. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°10′N, 09°13′E; 1,300–1,500 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, rainforest, moss on tree. Iharos (1969a)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 01°10′S, 28°28′E; 1,000 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Mohanga, moss ( Entodon sp.). Binda et al. (2001) GoogleMaps

Ethiopia:

• 04°03′N, 38°19′E; 1,700 m asl: Oromia Region, Mēga, former English residence moss from tree ( Juniperus procera). Pardi (1941) GoogleMaps

Kenya:

• 00°01′S, 37°54′E: Undefined locality, British East Africa [ Kenya], moss. Murray (1913)

Lesotho:

• 29°35′S, 29°17′E; 2,900 m asl: Thaba-Tseka District, Sani Pass , lichen on stone fence. Meyer & Hinton (2009) GoogleMaps

Republic of South Africa:

• 24°38′S, 30°51′E; 1,800 m asl: Undefined locality, Gauteng or Mpumalanga Province, Dragon Mountains, near the canyon of Blade River, moss on soil in the grass. Kaczmarek & Michalczyk (2004b)

• 28°13′S, 31°57′E; 350 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Park , lichen on tree ( Acacia ). Meyer & Hinton (2009) GoogleMaps

• 29°44′S, 30°32′E; 750 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Tala Private Game Reserve , lichen on tree ( Acacia ). Meyer & Hinton (2009) GoogleMaps

• 34°01′S, 23°55′E; 200 m asl: Eastern Cape Province, Tzitzikama [Tsitsikamma National Park], moss. Binda (1984) GoogleMaps

Tanzania:

• 03°09′S, 35°29′E: Undefined locality, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Volcano, mosses. Pilato et al. (1991) GoogleMaps

• 34°01′S, 23°55′E; 200 m asl: Eastern Cape Province, Tzitzikama [Tsitsikamma National Park], moss. Pilato et al. (1991) GoogleMaps

Tunisia:

• 36°57′N, 08°45′E; 0 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, surroundings of Tabarka. Binda & Pilato (1987) GoogleMaps

• 36°46′N, 08°41′E; 700 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, surroundings of Ain Draham, forest of Quercus sauber and Q. libanotis , moss on soil. Iharos (1978)

• 36°46′N, 08°41′E; 700 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, Ain Draham , moss on rock. Iharos (1978) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Angola: 3, Botswana: 1, Cameroon: 5, Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Ethiopia: 1, Kenya: 1, Lesotho: 1, Republic of South Africa: 4, Tanzania: 2, Tunisia: 3; total: 22.

Remarks. Originally described from Chile ( Plate 1888), Minibiotus intermedius was considered cosmopolitan (e.g. McInnes 1994) though modern taxonomy has shown it to be a species complex ( Claxton 1998). It is most probable that non-Neotropical records for Minibiotus intermedius actually refer to different taxon within the species-group; several of which have been recently described from African locations. All African records for M. intermedius should be re-examined.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Tardigrada

Class

Eutardigrada

Order

Parachela

Family

Macrobiotidae

Genus

Minibiotus

Loc

Minibiotus intermedius ( Plate, 1888 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz 2017
2017
Loc

intermedius

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

M. intermedius

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

intermedius Plate 1888

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

intermedius ( Iharos 1969a )

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1889)

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

Minibiotus intermedius Plate 1888

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

Minibiotus intermedius ( Middleton 2003 )

Kaczmarek 2017
2017
Loc

Macrobiotus

Radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991
1991
Loc

Macrobiotus

Radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991
1991
Loc

Macrobiotus

Radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991
1991
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