Hypsibius dujardini Doy, 1840 Hypsibius dujardini Doy. ( Iharos 1963 ) H. dujardini ( Doy., 1840 ) Hypsibius ( Hypsibius ) dujardini ( Doyère, 1840 ) ( Ramazzotti 1964a ) H. dujardini ( Garitano-Zavala 1996 ) Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère) ( Claps & Rossi 1997 ) Berberis buxifolia Nothofagus betuloides Sphagnum Ramazzotti (1964a) Plagiochila punctata Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America Kaczmarek, Łukasz Michalczyk, Łukasz Mcinnes, Sandra J. Zootaxa 2015 3923 1 1 107 [193,675,1287,1312] Heterotardigrada Hypsibiidae Hypsibius Animalia Parachela 40 41 Tardigrada subSpecies dujardini sensu    Hypsibius dujardini Doy, 1840( Rahm 1931, 1932)   Hypsibius dujardiniDoy. ( Iharos 1963)   H. dujardini( Doy., 1840)( Claps & Rossi 1984, 1989)   Hypsibius( Hypsibius) dujardini( Doyère, 1840) ( Ramazzotti 1964a)  H. dujardini( Garitano-Zavala 1996)   Hypsibius dujardini(Doyère) ( Claps & Rossi 1997)   Terra typica: France(Europe)   Argentina:  • 26°47′S, 65°20′W; 750 masl: Tucumán Province, Horco Molle, moss soil.  Claps & Rossi (1984)  • 41°22′S, 71°30′W; 900 masl: Rio Negro Province, Ruta Nacional 258 near Guillelmo Lake, mosses on soil on the stream riverside.  Rossi & Claps (1989)  • 41°59′S, 71°34′W;  300 masl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on grassy soil on pasture.  Iharos (1963)  • 42°03′S, 71°33′W;  280 masl: Chubut Province, El Hoyo, above lagoon no. 1, western slope, mosses on soil with  Berberis buxifolia.  Iharos (1963)  • 48°47′S, 69°11′W: Undefined locality in Santa Cruz Province, Arroyo Cerro de los Condores, mosses on tree.  Rossi & Claps (1989)  • 50°06′S, 73°20′W; 200 masl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, Bahia Onelli, mosses on tree, lichens on tree and lichens on tree (  Nothofagus betuloides) (3 samples).  Rossi & Claps (1989)  • 54°47′S, 68°13′W; 100 masl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Tierra Mayor ( IslaGrande de Tierra del Fuego), moss (  Sphagnumsp.) on rocks.  Rossi & Claps (1989)  • 54°51′S, 68°29′W; 0 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Bahia Ensenada, mosses and lichens on rocks.  Rossi & Claps (1989)   Bolivia:  •  16°11′S, 68°35′W; 3,680–4,000 masl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Huarina, moorland floor, cushion moss.  Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)  •  16°13′S, 68°13′W; 4,550–4,700 masl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss.  Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)  •  16°18′S, 68°17′W; 4,300–4,400 masl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Wila Kunka, high Andean floor, cushion moss.  Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)  •  16°20′S, 68°23′W; 4,650–4,700masl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss.  Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)   Chile:  • 33°26′S, 70°39′W; 600 masl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Santiago de Chileand vicinity, entrance to Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, wet mosses and algae.  Rahm (1931, 1932)  • 37°43′S 73°02′W;  1,100 masl: Undefined locality in Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Cordillera Nahuelbuta, moss.   Ramazzotti (1964a)   Ecuador:  • 00°11′S, 78°36′W; 4,500 masl: Pichincha Province, Pichincha Volcano, soil sample.  Pilato et al. (2004)  • 00°22′S, 78°55′W; 1,100 masl: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga ( San Pedrode las Pampas) [Otonga Nature Reserve], liverwort (  Plagiochila punctata).  Pilato et al. (2004)   Uruguay:  • 31°03′S, 57°38′W; 50 masl: Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes.  Claps & Rossi (1997)  • 34°10′S, 55°49′W; 50 masl: Florida Department, Arroyo San Juan, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes.  Claps & Rossi (1997)  Record numbers: Argentina: 8, Bolivia: 4, Chile: 2, Ecuador: 2, Uruguay: 2; total: 18.   Remarks:  Hypsibius dujardini sensulatois a species complex ( Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009a) with an apparent global distribution ( McInnes 1994a). The taxa within this complex can only be verified by details of claws morphology and other morphometric characters (e.g. Miller et al.2005, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009a).