Isohypsibius sculptus ( Ramazzotti, 1962a )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 59-60

148. Isohypsibius sculptus ( Ramazzotti, 1962a) [T]

Isohypsibius sculptus Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Rossi & Claps 1989) Hypsibius (Isohypsibius) sculptus spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1962a ) Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Argentina:

• 39°12′S, 70°55′W; 900 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Rucachoroi Lake, moss on soil. Rossi et al. (2009)

• 40°07′S, 71°39′W; 700 m asl: Neuquén Province, Hua Hum, Junín de los Andes, mosses on soil and rock. Rossi et al. (2009)

• 41°11′S, 71°49′W; 1,800 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, mosses and lichens on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)

Chile:

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [37 ° 43′S, 73 ° 02′W], 1,000 m asl: Type Locality: Undefined locality in Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Cordillera Nahuelbuta on south of Concepción, mixed rainforest with Araucaria araucana , Nothofagus obliqua and N. dombeyi , lichens on tree ( Nothofagus sp.). Ramazzotti (1962a)

• 39°23′S, 71°58′W; 1,400 m asl: Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Temuco District, Villarrica National Park near Pucón, Villarica Volcano, upper zone of forest, mosses and lichens on tree ( Nothofagus sp.). Dastych (1997)

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

Remarks: This rarely reported species has a possible Neotropical distribution.