Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz text Zootaxa 2017 2017-06-28 4284 1 1 74 journal article 31842 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 ac866645-a8b9-45a8-8c7d-d3aff74ede70 1175-5326 1010400 1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038 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 .