Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925)

Meyer, Harry A. & Hinton, Juliana G., 2009, The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 255-255 : 260

Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925)

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 36 specimens, HGP, in foliose lichens from Acacia trees ( SMLA accession numbers 9361, 9362, 9364). Milnesium tardigradum , Minibiotus intermedius , and Macrobiotus richtersi were present in the same samples.

Distribution: H. convergens is a cosmopolitan species, previously found in Gauteng Province, South Africa (Table 1).