112. Pilatobius bullatum Murray, 1905a sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius bullatus J. Murr (Iharos 1963)

H. bullatus Murr. (Iharos 1969)

H. (D.) bullatus (Mihelčič 1972)

Diphascon bullatum Murray, 1905 (Maucci 1988)

Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Argentina:

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses under saxicolous plants on the extremely arid cliffs of promontory. Iharos (1963)

• 42°13′S, 71°42′W; 220 m asl: Chubut Province, El Turbio, Puelo Lake, mosses on wet soil in primeval Nothofagus dombeyi - Libocedrus chilensis forest near the lake. Iharos (1963)

• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), shaded and wet mosses and lichens on soil and thin and thick wet layer (3 samples). Mihelčič (1972)

Chile:

• 33°04′S, 71°00′W; 1,000 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), Tiltil, Cuesta La Dormida, leaf litter on dry forest. Iharos (1969)

• 50°59′S, 73°00′W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Chile: 2; total: 5.

Remarks: A widely distributed species (McInnes 1994a), possibly representing a species complex requiring a reexamination.