Pseudobiotus, Schuster, Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980

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117. Pseudobiotus sp. [F]

Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) Augusti J. Murray ( Marcus 1935)

Hypsibius augusti Murray (Löfflera 1968)

Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) augusti (Murray, 1907) ( Haspeslagh 1982)

Pseudobiotus augusti ( Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

Isohypsibius augusti (Murray, 1907) ( De Smet & Bafort 1990)

Terra typica : Sweden (Europe)

Kenya:

• 00°03'N, 35°32'E; 3,000 m asl [2,750 m asl]: Uasin Gishu County, Elgeyo Escarpment, Timboroa, Station 10, source below the Narasha Lake. Marcus (1935)

• 00°03′S, 37°34′E; 2,140 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Marimba River, rushes. De Smet & Bafort (1990)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,350 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Hausberg Creek. Löfflera (1968)

• 00°09′S, 37°19′E; 4,400 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Lower Simba Tarn. Löfflera (1968)

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

• 00°10′S, 37°17′E; 4,150 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Teleki River, moss. De Smet & Bafort (1990)

• 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; 4,300 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Upper Thompson Tarn. Löfflera (1968)

• 00°11′S, 37°21′E; 3,950 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Lower Carr Lake. Löfflera (1968)

Morocco:

• 31°35′N, 05°36′W; 1,650 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Todra [Todgha] Gorge , moss from running water (source at the hotel). Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

• 30°41′N, 08°09′W; 750 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Sous river at Aoulouz , sludge and algae in river. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

Record numbers. Kenya: 9, Morocco: 2; total: 11.

Remarks. Reports for Isohypsibius augusti are included here as there has been major taxonomic confusion between the original description as Macrobiotus augusti (Murray 1907) , which was transferred to Isohypsibius by Thulin (1928) and a re-description from non-type material by Marcus (1936), leaving all augusti records split between Pseudobiotus and Thulinius (see: Bertolani et al. 1999, Marley et al. 2008). While Murray’s (1907e) augusti is now Thulinius , the Kenyan references are associated with megalonyx ( Marcus 1935) (now Pseudobiotus ), or have either no description or no figures ( Haspeslagh 1982, De Smet & Bafort 1990). The Moroccan report only indicated a Pseudobiotus sp. ( Ramløv & Kristensen 1985). Re-examination of all the African samples is required to confirm which taxa are present.