Doryphoribius evelinae ( Marcus, 1928 ) sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 54

127. Doryphoribius evelinae ( Marcus, 1928) sensu lato [F]

Hypsibius (Hypsibius) evelinae Marcus, 1928 (de Barros 1943)

H. evelinae Marc. ( Marcus 1939)

H. (H.) evelinae Marcus, 1928 (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944) Terra typica: Germany (Europe)

Argentina:

• 27°30′S, 58°38′W; 50 m asl: Corrientes Province, path between Laguna Brava and San Luis del Palmar, Selaginella sp. on embankment. Claps & Rossi (1988)

Brazil:

• 21°47′S, 46°34′W; 1,350 m asl: Minas Gerais State, Poços de Caldas, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 21°49′S, 49°05′W: Undefined locality in São Paulo State. Marcus (1939)

• 22°22′S, 44°38′W; 2,600 m asl: Rio de Janeiro State, Itatiáia peak. de Barros (1943)

• 23°33′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, São Paulo. de Barros (1943)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1, Brazil: 4; total: 5.

Remarks: The disjunct distribution ( McInnes 1994a), may reflect rarity or need for further taxonomic analysis, especially in the light of numerous recently described new Doryphoribius species (see Degma et al. 2009–2014, and key in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2010).