Isohypsibius nodosus ( Murray, 1907b )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 57

140. Isohypsibius nodosus ( Murray, 1907b) sensu lato [T]

M. nodosus Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913)

H. nodosus (J. Murr.) . ( Marcus 1939)

Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) nodosus (J. Murr., 1907) (de Barros 1943)

H. (I.) nodosus (J. Murray, 1907) (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944)

Hypsibius nodosus J. Murr. ( Iharos 1963)

H. nodosus Murr. ( Iharos 1969)

Terra typica: South Africa (Africa)

Argentina:

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on rocks and decaying stumps in marshy Myrceugenia exupca - Nothofagus dombeyi forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses under saxicolous plants on the extremely arid cliffs of promontory. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 350 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on rocks in shaded Libocedrus chilensis -Lomatia obliqua forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°30′W; 680 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on decaying trunk on western, sunny slope. Iharos (1963)

• 42°13′S, 71°42′W; 220 m asl: Chubut Province, El Turbio, Puelo Lake, mosses on wet soil in primeval Nothofagus dombeyi - Libocedrus chilensis forest near the lake. Iharos (1963)

Bolivia:

• 10°56′S, 65°28′W; 150 m asl: Beni Department, Guayaramerín, 15 km on W of the city, leaf litter in evergreen forest. Iharos (1969)

• 14°29′S, 67°48′W; 3–7,000 ft asl / 900– 2,150 m asl: La Paz Department, Tuichi valley. Murray & Wailes (1913)

Brazil:

• 21°49′S, 49°05′W: Undefined localities in São Paulo State, few localities. de Barros (1943), Marcus (1939)

• 22°44′S, 45°35′W; 1,650 m asl: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 22°45′S, 47°24′W; 550 m asl: São Paulo State, Município de Sta. Bárbara [Município Santa Bárbara d ′Oeste], mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

Record numbers: Argentina: 5, Bolivia: 2, Brazil: 3; total: 10.

Remarks: Known from a limited number of global sites ( McInnes 1994a), suggesting a possible species complex.