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Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi

Description

163. Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi (Iharos, 1966b) [T]

M. pseudohufeRlandii (Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

MacRobiotus pseudohufelandi Iharos, 1966 (Binda & Pilato 1987) Terra typica: Austria (Europe)

Morocco:

31°35′N, 05°36′W; 1,650–1800 m asl: Souss-Massa-Drâa Region, Todra [Todgha] Gorge, sparse grass vegetation and few low bushes, moss on limestone cliffs (orthoceratite lime). Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

Tunisia:

36°57′N, 08°45′E; 0 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, surroundings of Tabarka. Binda & Pilato (1987)

Record numbers. Morocco: 1, Tunisia: 1; total: 2.

Remarks. This species has only been reported from a few Palaearctic localities (McInnes 1994).

Notes

Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 4284 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1010400

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Macrobiotidae
Genus
Xerobiotus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Parachela
Phylum
Tardigrada
Scientific name authorship
Iharos
Species
pseudohufelandi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xerobiotus pseudohufelandi (Iharos, 1966) sec. Kaczmarek, 2017

References

  • Iharos, G. (1966 b) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Tardigraden-Fauna Osterreichs. Acta Zoologica HungaRicae, 12, 123 - 127.
  • Ramlov, H. & Kristensen, R. M. (1985) Bjornedyr, Tardigrada. Marokko - 1985. Dansk NatuRhistoRisk FoRenings Rejse til MaRokko, 8 - 22 ApRil 1985, pp. 27 - 32.
  • McInnes, S. J. (1994) Zoogeographic distribution of terrestrial / freshwater tardigrades from current literature. JouRnal of NatuRal HistoRy, 28, 257 - 352. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222939400770131