Hypnum, J. Hedwig, 1801

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 60-61

shady and moist environment, moss ( Hypnum sp.) on rock. Rahm (1936) Record numbers. Israel and Palestinian National Authority: 1; total: 1. Remarks. This relatively rare species has a largely Palaearctic distribution. 170. Murrayon pullari ( Murray, 1907e) [F/T]

Macrobiotus pullari J. Murr ( Marcus 1933)

Macrobiotus Pullari J. Murray ( Marcus 1935)

Macrobiotus pullari ( Teunissen 1938)

Murrayon cfr. pullari Murray ( Löffler 1968)

Macrobiotus pullari Murray, 1907 ( Haspeslagh 1982)

Murrayon cf. pullari (Murray, 1907) (Kaczmarek et al. 2008)

Terra typica : Scotland (Europe)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 01°25′S, 29°27′E: Undefined locality, North Kivu Province, Albert National Park [ Virunga National Park ], soil. Teunissen (1938)

Ivory Coast:

• 07°16′N, 08°10′W; 350 m asl: Tonkpi Region, 90 km W of Man, Danané, small swamp in the jungle. Marcus (1933)

Kenya:

• 01°06′N, 34°33′E; ca. 4,000 m: Bungoma County, Mont Elgon, Station 20, small watercourse north of the IVth camp. Marcus (1935)

• 00°05′S, 37°20′E; 4,000 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Hook Tarn. Löffler (1968)

• 00°07′S, 37°22′E; 3,900 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Hinde Valley, moss from creek. Löffler (1968)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,345 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Oblong Tarn, shore, sediments and gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,352 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Hausburg Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,485 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Nanyuki Tarn, shore, silt with plant debris and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,488 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Hut Tarn, on diatom growth. Löffler (1968); shore, silt with plant debris and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°19′E; 4,439 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Lower Kami Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°19′E; 4,439 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Upper Kami Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°19′E; 4,500 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Upper Simba Tarn. Löfflera (1968)

• 00°09′S, 37°21′E; 4,293 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Great Hall Tarn, shore, sediments. Löffler (1968), Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°21′E; 4,300 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya , North Hall Tarn. Löffler (1968)

• 00°10′S, 37°18′E; 4,270 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Teleki Tarn, small effluent and shallow pond, silt, sediments and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°10′S, 37°19′E; 4,310 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Upper Thompson Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°39′S, 36°43′E; 3,500 m: Muranga County, Kinangop Mountains in Aberdare (North of Nairobi), Station 48, small, muddy source. Marcus (1935)

Uganda:

• 00°18.385′N, 29°53.080′E; 4,250 m asl: Western Region, Kasese District, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Zaphania’s Pool , Carex-Sphagnum fens. Kaczmarek et al. (2008)

Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Ivory Coast: 1, Kenya: 15, Uganda: 1; total: 18.

Remarks. This is a largely Holarctic species ( McInnes 1994), so the few South American ( Kaczmarek et al. 2015) and tropical African records, could indicate new sibling taxa of M. pullari .