Isohypsibius granulifer Thulin, 1928

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 36-37

98. Isohypsibius granulifer Thulin, 1928 sensu lato [F]

Hypsibius (I.) granulifer Thulin, 1928 ( Haspeslagh 1982)

Terra typica : Sweden (Europe)

Ivory Coast:

• 06°51′N, 06°27′W; 250 m asl: Haut-Sassandra Region, between the rivers Bandama and Sassandra, Daloa (road to Issia), pond in the jungle. Marcus (1933)

Kenya:

• 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; 4,485 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°19′E; 4,439 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Lower Kami Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 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)

Record numbers. Ivory Coast: 1; Kenya: 5; total: 6.

Remarks. The Holarctic distribution of this species suggests the single locality in Brazil (Kaczmarek et al. 2014) and the African records could belong to another species. The original species description ( Thulin 1928) requires a modern re-description of type material.