Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910, 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 47-48

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.6050179

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-3239-7E6A-FF6B-F96E6C26FE20

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scientific name

Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910
status

sensu lato

132. Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910 View in CoL sensu lato [T]

Macrobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910 View in CoL , Macrobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910 View in CoL betschârensis nov. var. ( Rahm 1936) Macrobiotus occidentalis J. Murray 1910 View in CoL (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964) Terra typica : British Columbia ( Canada, North America)

Angola:

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

• 15°01′S, 13°22′E; 1,950 m asl: Huíla Province, Sá da Bandeira [Lubango], Boca da Humpata, lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) GoogleMaps

Israel and Palestinian National Authority:

• 31°47′N, 35°15′E; 800 m asl: Judean Mountains, Jerusalem, Olives Mt., Pater Noster church, Russians tower, wall of church, moss ( Syntrichium sp.) or lichen ( Xanthoria parietina). Rahm (1936) GoogleMaps

• 31°46′N, 35°13′E; 800 m asl: Undefined locality, “Betschar bei Kilometer 22”, moss (Syntrichium sp.) or lichen ( Xanthoria parietina). Rahm (1936)

Tanzania:

• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; ca. 2,500 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Maranda [Mandara] trail, tree line, benthos sample from river GoogleMaps . Van Rompu et al. (1991a)

Record numbers. Angola: 2, Israel and Palestinian National Authority: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 5.

Remarks. Macrobiotus occidentalis sensu lato is largely Holarctic ( McInnes 1994), with a few southern hemisphere reports. The possibility of a species complex would indicate these African specimens should be reexamined.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Tardigrada

Class

Eutardigrada

Order

Parachela

Family

Macrobiotidae

Genus

Macrobiotus

Loc

Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910

Kaczmarek, Łukasz 2017
2017
Loc

Macrobiotus occidentalis

J. Murray 1910
1910
Loc

Macrobiotus occidentalis

J. Murray 1910
1910
Loc

Macrobiotus occidentalis

J. Murray 1910
1910
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