Minibiotus intermedius (Plate 1888) Plate 1888
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Minibiotus
- species
- Minibiotus intermedius
description
Macr. intermedius n. sp. (Plate 1888) Makrobiotus intermedius Plate (Richters 1911 a)
discussion
Remarks: Originally described from Chile, Minibiotus intermedius was considered cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994 a) but modern taxonomy shows it to be a species complex (Claxton 1998). Non-Neotropical records of Minibiotus intermedius probably belong to other species, while other species, similar to Minibiotus intermedius, occur in South America. We suggest that all examples previously reported from South American should be re-examined. Montoya et al. (2010) only collected eggs in their studies, so their identification is uncertain. Ramazzotti (1964 a) did not find eggs and was thus unable to confirm whether his specimens belong to M. intermedius or M. subintermedius.