Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
41991
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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169.
Macrobiotus liviae
Ramazzotti, 1962a
[T]
Macrobiotus liviae
spec. nov.
(
Ramazzotti 1962a
)
Terra typica
:
Chile
(South
America
)
Chile
:
•
35°00′S
,
70°48′W
;
735 m
asl:
Region VII Maule (Región del Maule), Los Queñes/Curicò, mosses.
Ramazzotti (1964a)
•
30°25′S
–
37°45′S
[
37
°
43′S
,
73
°
02′W
];
1,100 m
asl:
Type
Locality
: Cordillera Nahuelbuta (Cabrería) on S of Concepción, mixed rainforest with
Araucaria araucana
,
Nothofagus obliqua
and
N. dombeyi
, lichens.
Ramazzotti (1962a)
Record numbers:
Chile
: 2;
total: 2.
Remarks:
This species of the
harmsworthi
group has an apparent Gondwanan distribution (
McInnes 1994a
). However, the reports from
New Zealand
have been re-attributed to other species (
Pilato & Binda 1996b
), which has narrowed the range to a possible Neotropic distribution. Like many other macrobiotids, this group requires careful taxonomic analysis including egg morphology (see
Kaczmarek
et al.
2011
for a diagnostic key to the group).