Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
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Zootaxa
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shady and moist environment, moss (
Hypnum
sp.) on rock.
Rahm (1936)
Record numbers.
Israel
and Palestinian National Authority: 1;
total: 1. Remarks.
This relatively rare species has a largely Palaearctic distribution.
170.
Murrayon pullari
(
Murray, 1907e
)
[F/T]
MacRobiotus pullaRi
J.
Murr (
Marcus 1933
)
MacRobiotus PullaRi
J. Murray (
Marcus 1935
)
MacRobiotus pullaRi
(
Teunissen 1938
)
MuRRayon
cfr.
pullaRi
Murray (
Löffler 1968
)
MacRobiotus pullaRi
Murray, 1907
(
Haspeslagh 1982
)
MuRRayon
cf.
pullaRi
(Murray, 1907)
(Kaczmarek
et al.
2008)
Terra typica
: Scotland (Europe)
Democratic Republic of Congo:
•
01°25′S
,
29°27′E
:
Undefined
locality,
North
Kivu Province
,
Albert National Park
[
Virunga National Park
], soil.
Teunissen (1938)
Ivory Coast:
•
07°16′N
,
08°10′W
;
350 m
asl
: Tonkpi Region,
90 km
W of Man, Danané, small swamp in the jungle.
Marcus (1933)
Kenya:
•
01°06′N
,
34°33′E
;
ca
.
4,000 m
:
Bungoma County
,
Mont Elgon
,
Station
20, small watercourse north of the IVth camp.
Marcus (1935)
•
00°05′S
,
37°20′E
;
4,000 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Hook Tarn.
Löffler (1968)
•
00°07′S
,
37°22′E
;
3,900 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Hinde Valley, moss from creek.
Löffler (1968)
•
00°09′S
,
37°18′E
;
4,345 m
asl:
Nyeri County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Oblong Tarn, shore, sediments and gravel.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°18′E
;
4,352 m
asl:
Nyeri County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Hausburg Tarn, shore, sediments.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°18′E
;
4,485 m
asl:
Nyeri County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Nanyuki Tarn, shore, silt with plant debris and sandy gravel.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°18′E
;
4,488 m
asl:
Nyeri County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Hut Tarn, on diatom growth.
Löffler (1968)
;
shore, silt with plant debris and sandy gravel.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°19′E
;
4,439 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Lower Kami Tarn, shore, sediments.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°19′E
;
4,439 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Upper Kami Tarn, shore, sediments.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°19′E
;
4,500 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Upper Simba Tarn.
Löfflera (1968)
•
00°09′S
,
37°21′E
;
4,293 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Great Hall Tarn, shore, sediments.
Löffler (1968)
,
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°09′S
,
37°21′E
;
4,300 m
asl
:
Meru County
,
Mount Kenya National Park
,
Mount Kenya
,
North
Hall Tarn.
Löffler (1968)
•
00°10′S
,
37°18′E
;
4,270 m
asl:
Nyeri County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Teleki Tarn, small effluent and shallow pond, silt, sediments and sandy gravel.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°10′S
,
37°19′E
;
4,310 m
asl:
Meru County
, Mount
Kenya
National Park, Mount
Kenya
, Upper Thompson Tarn, shore, sediments.
Haspeslagh (1982)
•
00°39′S
,
36°43′E
;
3,500 m
:
Muranga County
, Kinangop Mountains in Aberdare (
North
of Nairobi), Station 48, small, muddy source.
Marcus (1935
)
Uganda:
•
00°18.385′N
,
29°53.080′E
;
4,250 m
asl
:
Western
Region, Kasese District
,
Rwenzori
Mountains
National Park
,
Zaphania’s Pool
,
Carex-Sphagnum
fens.
Kaczmarek
et al.
(2008)
Record numbers.
Democratic Republic of
Congo
: 1,
Ivory
Coast
: 1,
Kenya
: 15,
Uganda
: 1;
total: 18.
Remarks.
This is a largely Holarctic species (
McInnes 1994
), so the few
South
American (
Kaczmarek
et al.
2015
) and tropical African records, could indicate new sibling taxa of
M. pullari
.