Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009b

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 71-72

167. Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009b [T]

Macrobiotus kazmierskii sp. n. ( Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009b) Terra typica: Argentina (South America)

Argentina:

• 41°11.551´S, 71°49.908´W / 41°12′N, 71 ° 50′W; 1,100 m asl [1,000 m asl]: Rio Negro Province, Nahul Huapi National Park, Ventisquero Negro, Nothofagus forest, moss on rocks. Kaczmarek & Michalczyk (2009b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: Currently endemic to Argentina, this species belongs to the persimilis subgroup (with a smooth egg shell) within the Macrobiotus hufelandi group. The hufelandi group requires careful taxonomic analysis, including egg morphology, to differentiate the individual species (see Bertolani & Rebecchi 1993; and e.g. Fontoura et al. 2008, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2004, 2009b, Pilato et al. 2003b, Bartels et al. 2009, Guidetti et al. 2013 for new species within this group).