Pilatobius brevipes (Marcus, 1936 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 47-48

111. Pilatobius brevipes (Marcus, 1936) sensu lato [T]

H. (C.) breuipes Marcus, 1936 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Hypsibius brevipes Marcus, 1936 ( Iharos, 1982)

Diphascon (Diphascon) brevipes (Marcus, 1930) ( Gritano-Zavala 1995) D. (D.) brevipes ( Gritano-Zavala 1996)

Terra typica: Hungary (Europe)

Argentina:

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

• 54°39′S, 68°30′W; 800 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, National Park Ushuaia [Tierra del Fuego National Park], soil. Iharos (1982)

Bolivia:

• 16°11'S, 68°35'W; 3,680–4,000 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Huarina, moorland floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°13'S, 68°13'W; 4,550–4,700 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°18'S, 68°17'W; 4,300–4,400 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Wila Kunka, high Andean floor, cushion moss. Gritano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

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

Remarks: A largely Palaearctic species also reported from single localities in North and South America ( McInnes 1994a), which could suggest a species complex.