Minibiotus africanus Binda & Pilato, 1995a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 51

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
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scientific name	Minibiotus africanus Binda & Pilato, 1995a
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147. Minibiotus africanus Binda & Pilato, 1995a View in CoL [T]

Minibiotus afRicanus n. sp. ( Binda & Pilato 1995a)

Minibiotus afRicanus Binda & Pilato 1995 (Binda et al. 2001) Terra typica : Tanzania (Africa)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 01°10′S, 28°28′E; 1,000 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Mohanga, liverwort (1 sample) and moss ( Entodon sp.) (1 sample). Binda et al. (2001) GoogleMaps

Tanzania:

• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Type Locality: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a)

Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Tanzania: 1; total: 2.

Remarks. This species is currently endemic to Africa.