Paramacrobiotus danielae ( Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2001 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 85

207. Paramacrobiotus danielae ( Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2001) [T]

Macrobiotus danielae n. sp. (Pilato et al. 2001)

Macrobiotus danielae Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2001 ( Pilato et al. 2002, 2003a, 2004) Terra typica: Peru (South America)

Ecuador:

• 00°54′N, 78°33′W; 800 m asl: Esmeraldas Province, Alto Tambo, liverwort ( Plagiochila punctata ). Pilato et al. (2004)

• 00°11′S, 78°36′W; 4,500 m asl: Pichincha Province, Pichincha Volcano, soil sample. Pilato et al. (2004)

• 00°22′S, 78°55′W; 1,100 m asl: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga ( San Pedro de las Pampas) [Otonga Nature Reserve], liverwort ( Plagiochila punctata and Bazzania bearsonii ). Pilato et al. (2002)

• 00°22′S, 78°09′W; 4,000 m asl: Napo Province, Papallacta Pass, moss ( Leptodontium viticulosoides ). Pilato et al. (2003a)

• 00°41′S, 77°18′W; 400 m asl: Type Locality: Orellana Province, Loreto, moss. Pilato et al. (2001)

• 00°58′S, 77°45′W; 550 m asl: Napo Province, near Rio Hollin, liverwort ( Porella sp.). Pilato et al. (2003a)

Peru:

• 12°35′S, 69°11′W; 200 m asl: Region Madre de Dios, Puerto Maldonado, outskirts of Rio Madre de Dios, moss ( Pseudocrossidium replicatum ). Pilato et al. (2001)

Record numbers: Ecuador: 6, Peru: 1; total: 7.

Remarks: Currently endemic to South America, this species belongs to the Paramacrobiotus richtersi group (see: P. areolatus above and P. richtersi below).