Fractonotus verrucosus Gąsiorek & Morek & Stec & Blagden & Michalczyk 2019, n. comb.

• Main Authors: Gąsiorek, Piotr, Morek, Witold, Stec, Daniel, Blagden, Brian, Michalczyk, Łukasz
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Eutardigrada; Parachela; Microhypsibiidae; Fractonotus; Fractonotus verrucosus; Kiruna; Arga; Lapland
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/3720106; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3720106

Fractonotus verrucosus (Richters, 1900) n. comb. Macrobiotus ornatus var. verrucosus Richters, 1900: 41 (terra typica: Taunus, Germany). Macrobiotus scabrosus Murray, 1911: 10 (locus typicus: Clare Island, Ireland). Hypsibius verrucosus – Thulin 1911: 29 (Kiruna, Lapland, Sweden). — Marcus 1928: 180 (Vannsee, Berlin, Germany). — Cuénot 1932: 77 (the Vosges, France and Switzerland). — da Cunha 1947, 1948: 6, 2 (Serra d’Arga, Serra do Buçaco, Serra da Estrela, Serra da Lousã, Portugal). Calohypsibius verrucosus – Thulin 1928: 239 (Sweden). Calohypsibius scabrosus Thulin, 1928: 239 (Sweden). Hypsibius scabrosus Cuénot, 1932: 77 (the Vosges, France and Switzerland). — da Cunha 1947, 1948: 6, 2 (Serra d’Arga, Serra do Buçaco, Serra da Estrela, Serra da Lousã, Portugal). Hypsibius (Calohypsibius) verrucosus – Marcus 1936: 285 (Schwarzwald, Germany). — Franceschi 1951-1952: 12 (Val Camonica, Italy). — Mihelčič 1953: 247 (Tirol, Austria). — Fontoura 1981: 18 (Viseu, Arga, Amarante, Portugal). Hypsibius placophorus da Cunha, 1943: 1 (locus typicus: Cabril do Ceira, Portugal); 1947, 1948: 2, 2 (Serra d’Arga, Serra do Buçaco, Serra da Estrela, Serra da Lousã, Portugal) n. syn. LOCALITIES. — Scotland. Creag Meagaidh (56°57’10’’ N, 4°30’35’’ W; 291 m a.s.l.; collection date: 1.X.2014), lichens from moorland rocks; Scotland, Hebrides, Isle of Lewis, Loch nan Muilne (58°21’08’’ N, 6°35’14’’ W; 27 m a.s.l.; collection date: 29.VII.2015), moss and lichen mix from stones on the lakeshores; Invermoriston, Loch Ness (57°12’39’’ N, 4°35’59’’ W; 20 m a.s.l.; 25.X.2015; Brian Blagden leg.), moss and lichen mix from stones on the lakeshores. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 23 individuals, UJ (19 specimens, including one simplex, on slides GB.005.03-12, GB.008.01-3, GB.028.01- 2 and 4 specimens on two SEM stubs); 2 individuals, MNHN (slides GB.005.01-2); 3 individuals, NHMD (slides GB.008.04- 5); 2 individuals, UAM (slides GB.028.03-4); 1 individual, CU (slide GB.028.02). ETYMOLOGY (NOT PROVIDED IN THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION). — The name most likely ...