Mesobiotus nuragicus Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 50

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scientific name	Mesobiotus nuragicus Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975
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143. Mesobiotus nuragicus Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975 View in CoL [T]

Terra typica : Italy (Europe)

Algeria:

• 36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987) GoogleMaps

Republic of South Africa:

• 26°57′S, 32°51′E; 0 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Kosi, topsoil. Binda (1984) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 2.

Remarks. This species from the harmsworthi group, which requires careful taxonomic analysis including egg morphology (Kaczmarek et al. 2011), has a rather disjunct distribution ( McInnes 1994). The eight eggs reported from South Africa (Binda 1984), are subtly different from the type material and therefore needs confirmation.

References

McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131

Pilato, G. & Sperlinga, G. (1975) Tardigradi muscicoli di Sardegna. Animalia, 2, 79 - 90.