Macrobiotus andinus Maucci 1988

• Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Tardigrada; Heterotardigrada; Parachela; Macrobiotidae; Macrobiotus; Macrobiotus andinus; Antártica; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5688126; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/038FA02EFFA27A024A85B9FD56C9F094

156. Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988 [T] Macrobiotus andinus sp. nov. (Maucci 1988) Terra typica : Chile and Argentina (South America) Argentina: • 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: Type Locality : 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) Chile: • 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) • 51°44′S, 72°30′W; 0 m asl : Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988) • 53 ° 38′S, 70 ° 59′W; 50 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), San Juan (Punta Arenas), mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999b) • 55°14′S, 66°33′W; 200 m asl : Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Nueva, mosses on soil. Binda & Pilato (1999b) Record numbers: Argentina: 1; Chile: 4; total: 5. Remarks: Currently endemic to South America. Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on page 63, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936