Doryphoribius gibber Beasley & Pilato, 1987

Daza, Anisbeth, Caicedo, Martín, Lisi, Oscar & Quiroga, Sigmer, 2017, New records of tardigrades from Colombia with the description of Paramacrobiotus sagani sp. nov. and Doryphoribius rosanae sp. nov., Zootaxa 4362 (1), pp. 29-50 : 40

Doryphoribius gibber Beasley & Pilato, 1987

Material examined: Eight specimens ( Table 1), 5 mounted in Hoyer’s medium, and 3 in PVA from the locality of Bonda, lower basin of ManZanares river. The microhabitat was a mixed assemblage of bryophytes ( Dicranaceae , Frullaniaceae , Racopilaceae ) growing on tree.

Remarks: This species has been previously recorded in U.S. A (states of Arkansas and Kansas) and Mexico (Chiapas) ( Beasley & Pilato 1987; Pilato & Lisi 2006; Chappell et al. 2015), it is therefore the first record of this species for Colombia and the entire South America.