Macrobiotus richtersi Murray, 1911

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 : 261

Macrobiotus richtersi Murray, 1911

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 5 specimens and 1 egg, TPGR, in foliose lichen on an Acacia tree ( SMLA accession numbers 9363, 9364). Hypsibius convergens and Minibiotus intermedius were present in the same sample.

Distribution: This cosmopolitan species has previously been found in Angola, South Africa, and Zimbabwe (Table 1).