Mesobiotus radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6050203
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scientific name	Mesobiotus radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991
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144. Mesobiotus radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991 View in CoL [T]

MacRobiotus Radiatus n. sp. (Pilato et al. 1991)

MacRobiotus Radiatus Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991 View in CoL (Binda et al. 2001) Terra typica : Tanzania (Africa)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 00°04′S, 29°18′E; 1,950 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Lukanga, liverwort ( Plagiochila poRelloides) (1 sample) and moss ( Entodon sp.) (1 sample). Binda et al. (2001)

• 01°10′S, 28°28′E; 1,000 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Mohanga, lichen (1 sample) and moss ( BRachythecium velutinum ) (1 sample). Binda et al. (2001) GoogleMaps

Tanzania:

• 03°09′S, 35°29′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Volcano, mosses. Pilato et al. (1991) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 3.

Remarks. This relatively recently described species has a central, tropical African distribution.