Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5733/afin.050.0203
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7918218
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scientific name	Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991
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Macrobiotus iharosi Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991 View in CoL

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA: KwaZulu-Natal: 36 specimens and 8 eggs, TPGR, in foliose lichens on Acacia trees ( SMLA accession numbers 9340, 9346, 9356, 9357; NMSA accession number 9347). Ramazzottius theroni , Milnesium tardigradum , Minibiotus harrylewisi sp. n., Min. intermedius , and Echiniscus duboisi were found in the same samples.

Distribution:The known distribution of M. iharosi has hitherto been restricted to Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo ( Pilato et al. 1991, 2003).