Ramazzottius baumanni ( 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 : 50-52

121. Ramazzottius baumanni ( Ramazzotti, 1962a) [T]

Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1962a ) Hypsibius baumanni Ram. ( Iharos 1963)

Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Ramazzotti 1964a)

Hypsibius (Hypsibius) baumanni ( Ramazzotti 1964b)

H. (H.) baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

H. baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Claps & Rossi 1984)

Hypsibius baumanni Ramazzotti, 1962 ( Claps & Rossi 1988, Maucci 1988)

Ramazzottius baumanni (Ramazzotti) ( Claps & Rossi 1997)

Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Argentina:

• 23°36′S, 65°04′W; 2,000 m asl: Jujuy Province, Departamento Santa Bárbara, lichens in a vineyard. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 24°44′S, 65°29′W; 1,350 m asl: Salta Province, San Lorenzo, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 24°45′S, 65°28′W; 1,300 m asl: Salta Province, road from Salta to San Lorenzo, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 24°55′S, 64°09′W; 400 m asl: Salta Province, road from Las Lajitas to J.V. González, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 25°38′S, 65°39′W; 1,250 m asl: Salta Province, road from Cafayate to Salta, lichens on tree in the mountains. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 31°43′S, 60°20′W; 50 m asl: Entre Ríos Province, Parque General San Martín, lichens on tree. Claps & Rossi (1988)

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

• 39°25′S, 71°17′W; 1,000 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Quillén Lake, lichen on tree. 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)

• 40°13′S, 66°57′W: Undefined locality in Rio Negro Province, Arroyo La Cascada, very wet, mosses on soil on the shore. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°08′S, 71°20′W; 950 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Cerro Runge, dry, lichen ( Ramalina sp.) on tree. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°13′S, 71°30′W; 2,250 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapí National Park, Cerro Catedral, very wet, mosses on soil, semi-wet lichens on Nothofagus sp. roots, semi-wet lichen ( Peltigera sp.) on tree ( Nothofagus sp.), semi-wet lichens on tree ( Nothofagus sp.) (6 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 360 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on dry ledge. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 370 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., slope above Pampa Azcona, mosses on soil of shrubby area. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 380 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on soil in valley of brook in shaded Libocedrus chilensis forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°30′W; 500 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on stones in sunny clearing. Iharos (1963)

• 43°10′S, 71°45′W; 350 m asl: Chubut Province, Los Cipreses, mosses on tree in the forest. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 50°06′S, 73°20′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, Bahia Onelli, lichens on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)

• 50°18′S, 72°48′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988)

Chile:

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [30 ° 40′S, 71 ° 41′W]; 620 m asl: Type Locality: Region IV Coquimbo (Región de Coquimbo), Fray Jorge, ca. 420 km on north of Santiago de Chile, temperate rainforest, surrounded by steppe, mosses and lichens on tree ( Aextoxicom punctatum ). Ramazzotti (1962a)

• 33°04′S, 70°57′W; 1,100 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), near Tiltil, leaf litter ( Drymis winteri var. chiloense ). Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 35°00′S, 70°48′W; 720–735 m asl: Region VII Maule (Región del Maule), Los Queñes/Curicò, mosses on rocks. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 39°50′S, 73°12′W; 30 m asl: Region XIV Los Ríos (Región de Los Ríos), neighbourhood of Valdivia, mosses and lichens. Ramazzotti (1964b)

Uruguay:

• 30°57′S, 57°31′W; 50 m asl: Salto Department, Termas del Arapey, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

• 31°03′S, 57°38′W; 50 m asl: Salto Department, Arroyo Palomas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

• 32°31′S, 55°46′W: Undefined locality, Cañada Cousillas, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

• 34°25′S, 57°44′W; 50 m asl: Colonia Department, Riachuelo, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

Record numbers: Argentina: 20, Chile: 4, Uruguay: 4; total: 28.

Remarks: This species appears to have a Neotropic-Nearctic distribution ( McInnes 1994a), the single New Zealand and Japanese ( Utsugi 1988, 1992) records are probably misidentifications.