Hebesuncus conjungens subsp. sensu
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SUBSPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J. (2015): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America. Zootaxa 3923 (1): 1-107, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Hypsibiidae
- genus
- Hebesuncus
discussion
Remarks: Distribution largely Holarctic (McInnes 1994 a), with some confusion over Hebesuncus conjungens taxonomy, suggesting a species complex (Pilato et al. 2012).
materials_examined
Argentina: • 41 ° 00 ′ S, 71 ° 30 ′ W; 800 m asl: Neuquén Province, Isla Victoria, mosses on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989) • 41 ° 08 ′ S, 71 ° 20 ′ W; 950 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Cerro Runge, very wet, mosses from forest. Claps & Rossi (1981) • 41 ° 58 ′ S, 71 ° 31 ′ W; 390 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Bolson [El Bolsón], cypress grove, lichens on dry trees in full sun and mosses on dry rocks in full sun (2 samples). Mihelčič (1967) • 50 ° 06 ′ S, 73 ° 18 ′ W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) • 50 ° 18 ′ S, 72 ° 48 ′ W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988) • Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), dry mosses on tree in full sun. Mihelčič (1972) Chile: • 30 ° 25 ′ S – 37 ° 45 ′ S [34 ° 17 ′ S, 70 ° 33 ′ W]; 1,500 m asl: Region VI Libertador (Región del Libertador General Bernardo O ′ Higgins), near Rancagua (Termas de Cauquenes, Hacienda Chacayes), 80 km on south of Santiago de Chile, steppe shrubs, mosses on rocks in sun. Ramazzotti (1962 a) • 50 ° 59 ′ S, 73 ° 00 ′ W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988) • 51 ° 34 ′ S, 72 ° 36 ′ W; 200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Ultima Esperanza, near Cueva del Milodón, mosses on rocks, in sunlight. Maucci (1988) Record numbers: Argentina: 6, Chile: 3; total: 9.
Name
- Homonyms
- Hebesuncus conjungens subsp. sensu