Mesobiotus sicheli Binda, Pilato & Lisi, 2005

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 50-51

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.6050205
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-3226-7E77-FF6B-F87E695DFE01
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mesobiotus sicheli Binda, Pilato & Lisi, 2005
status

Treatment

145. Mesobiotus sicheli Binda, Pilato & Lisi, 2005 View in CoL [T]

MacRobiotus fuRcigeR Murray, 1906 (Binda 1984)

MacRobiotus sicheli sp. nov. (Binda et al. 2005)

Terra typica : Republic of South Africa (Africa)

Republic of South Africa:

• 34°01′S, 23°55′E; 200 m asl: Type Locality: Eastern Cape Province, Tzitzikama [Tsitsikamma National Park], moss. Binda (1984), Binda et al. (2005) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. This species belongs to the furciger group and is currently endemic to the Republic of South Africa. Species of the furciger -group appear global; though many dated descriptions require verification using modern taxonomy (for more details see Binda & Rebecchi 1992 and Binda et al. 2005).