Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz text Zootaxa 2017 2017-06-28 4284 1 1 74 journal article 31842 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 ac866645-a8b9-45a8-8c7d-d3aff74ede70 1175-5326 1010400 1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038 151. Minibiotus furcatus ( Ehrenberg, 1859 ) sensu lato [T] MacRobiotus fuRcatus Ehrbg. ( Marcus 1933 ) MacRobiotus fuRcatus Ehrenberg 1858 (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964 ) Terra typica : Switzerland (Europe) Angola: 07°25′S , 15°06′E ; 850 m asl : Uíge Province , Mahondo , lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) 07°47′S , 15°01′E ; 650 m asl: Uíge Province , near Carmona [ Uíge ], Estate at Pumba Loge, lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) 14°55′S , 13°30′E ; 1,750 m asl : Huíla Province , surroundings of da Bandeira [ Lubango ], mosses and lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) Namibia: 21°24′S , 17°14′E ; 1,600 m asl [ 1,450 m asl]: Otjozondjupa Region , Otjiwarongo between Windhoek and Waterberg. Marcus (1933) Record numbers. Angola : 3, Namibia : 1; total: 4. Remarks. This largely Holarctic species ( McInnes 1994 ) was re-described by Binda & Pilato (1992) . With the recognised species Minibiotus ethelae in South Africa we believe the presence of furcatus in Africa needs confirmation.