Isohypsibius franzi ( Mihelčič, 1951 ) sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 56

134. Isohypsibius franzi ( Mihelčič, 1951) sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius franzi Mih. ( Iharos 1963)

Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) ( Ramazzotti 1964b )

H. (I.) franzi ( Mihelčič 1972)

Terra typica: Austria (Europe)

Argentina:

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on decaying tree trunks in Nothofagus dombeyi grove. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses under saxicolous plants on the extremely arid cliffs of promontory. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°29′W; 820 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses near and under Mulinum spinosum -pads. Iharos (1963)

• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), shaded and wet, mosses and lichens on soil. Mihelčič (1972)

Chile:

• 32°58′S, 71°00′W; 1,170–1,230 m asl: Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), Cerro El Roble, leaf litter. Ramazzotti (1964b)

• 33°24′S, 71°08′W; 330 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Curacaví, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 4, Chile: 2; total: 6.

Remarks: The considerable morphological variability ( Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983) and a disjunct distribution (Europe and South America, McInnes 1994a) suggests that all examples of this taxon requires a modern taxonomic revision.