Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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156.
Paramacrobiotus areolatus
(
Murray, 1907c
)
sensu lato
[T]
MacRobiotus
aReolatus
Murray, 1907
(Binda 1984, Binda & Pilato 1987)
PaRamacRobiotus
cf.
aReolatus
(Murray, 1907)
? (
Gąsiorek
et al.
2017
)
Terra typica
: Svalbard (Spitsbergen)
Algeria:
•
36°40′N
,
04°36′E
;
1,400 m
asl
:
Tizi
Ouzou Province
,
Akfadou Forest
.
Binda &
Pilato
(1987)
Mozambique:
•
23°52′S
,
35°23′E
; 0 m asl:
Inhambene Province
,
Inhambene
, moss.
Binda (1984)
Tunisia:
•
37°10'46''N
,
10°15'11''E
;
120 m
asl
:
Bizerte Governorate
,
Raf Raf
, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°53'57''N
,
10°18'19''E
;
67 m
asl
:
Tunis Governorate
,
Gammarth
, rural, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°46'30''N
,
08°44'23''E
;
636 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°47'51''N
,
08°52'24''E
;
590 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°45'59''N
,
08°47'52''E
;
561 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°44'20''N
,
08°43'43''E
;
511 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°44'13''N
,
08°40'59''E
;
765 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°43'45''N
,
08°44'11''E
;
373 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°43'43''N
,
08°40'50''E
;
742 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°43'20''N
,
08°40'58''E
;
668 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°43'19''N
,
08°43'30''E
;
474 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°42'48''N
,
08°43'30''E
;
371 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
•
36°42'10''N
,
08°40'46''E
;
462 m
asl
:
Jendouba Governorate
,
Beni
M'tir, forest, moss on soil.
Gąsiorek
et al.
(2017)
Record numbers.
Algeria
: 1,
Mozambique
: 1,
Tunisia
: 13;
total: 15.
Remarks.
The genus
Paramacrobiotus
(until recently a species-group within
Macrobiotus
) has been divided into
richtersi
and
areolatus
(with and without macroplacoid, respectively) species groups.
Paramacrobiotus areolatus
, once considered cosmopolitan (
McInnes 1994
), is now recognised as the nominal species for a group of very similar taxa that require careful taxonomic examination of adults and egg morphology for correct identification. A few new (including African) species of the
areolatus
group (e.g.
Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006b
,
Degma
et al.
2008
,
Kaczmarek
et al.
2014b
). Both
Richters (1908)
and Binda (1984) predate the taxonomic changes and failed to find eggs, essential for correct species identification. This, in conjunction with
P. areolatus
being originally described from the Arctic, implies all African records should be treated with caution until relevant examples are re-examined or new African material is confirmed.