Macrobiotus spectabilis Thulin, 1928 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 : 76-77

186. Macrobiotus spectabilis Thulin, 1928 sensu lato [T]

Terra typica: Russia (Asia)

Argentina:

• 24°45′S, 65°28′W; 1,300 m asl: Salta Province, road from Salta to San Lorenzo, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 25°38′S, 65°39′W; 1,250 m asl: Salta Province, road from Cafayate to Salta, mosses on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)

Record numbers: Argentina: 2; total: 2.

Remarks: A largely Palaearctic species distribution but with two reports from the Americas ( McInnes 1994a). This Argentinean records ( Claps & Rossi 1984) is the only two from South America, and we suggest it is reexamined via modern taxonomy.