Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters 1904
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz (2017): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa. Zootaxa 4284 (1): 1-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Eutardigrada
- order
- Parachela
- family
- Macrobiotidae
- genus
- Macrobiotus
- species
- Macrobiotus echinogenitus
description
Algeria: • 36 ° 49 ′ N, 05 ° 47 ′ E; 0 m asl: Jijel Province, Jijel, Les Aftis beach (Ziama Monsouria). Binda & Pilato (1987), Binda (1988) • Democratic Republic of Congo: • 01 ° 25 ′ S, 29 ° 27 ′ E: Undefined locality, North Kivu Province, Albert National Park [Virunga National Park], soil. Teunissen (1938) Israel and Palestinian National Authority: • 31 ° 46 ′ N, 35 ° 16 ′ E; 650 m asl: Judean Mountains, al-Eizariya, Bethany, Tomb of Lazarus, semi-arid climate, moss (Orthotrichium sp.) on rock. Rahm (1936) Libya: • 32 ° 29 ′ N, 20 ° 50 ′ E; 350 m asl: Marj District, Barce [Marj], moss. Pilato & Pennisi (1976) • Morocco: • 32 ° 56 ′ N, 05 ° 40 ′ W; 1,700 m asl [850 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Khenifra [Khénifra], moss. Binda (1988) Republic of South Africa: • 29 ° 44 ′ S, 22 ° 44 ′ E: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907 a) • 29 ° 48 ′ S, 29 ° 30 ′ E; 1,550 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Underberg, moss on soil. Meyer & Hinton (2009) Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Israel and Palestinian National Authority 1, Libya: 1, Morocco: 1, Republic of South Africa: 2; total: 7.
discussion
Remarks. The short note describing Macrobiotus echinogenitus (Richters 1904 f) was followed by a more detailed description (Richters 1904 b) but raised issues, discussed in Marcus (1936), leading to this species being synonymised with Macrobiotus harmsworthi and M. areolatus. The out-dated original descriptions have produced a cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994) species group. As this nominal species requires a formal taxonomic re-description, all African record need re-examination using integrated taxonomy.