Macrobiotus polonicus Pilato, Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Lisi, 2003

Pilato, Giovanni, Kiosya, Yevgen, Lisi, Oscar, Inshina, Valentina & Biserov, Vladimir, 2011, Annotated list of Tardigrada records from Ukraine with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 3123, pp. 1-31 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.279398
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C35E45-580F-FFF9-FF43-1AB22502FD11
treatment provided by	Plazi (2016-04-11 23:31:05, last updated 2018-06-30 02:53:31)
scientific name	Macrobiotus polonicus Pilato, Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Lisi, 2003
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Treatment

Material examined. Crimean Peninsula, Kerch Peninsula, Mount Opuk (45 ° 2 ʹ 15 ʺN, 36 ° 13 ʹ 25 ʺE), collector V.V. Inshina, mosses and lichens on limestones and soil, July 2007: 76 specimens and 24 eggs. Crimean Peninsula, mountain range Karadagh (approx. 44 ° 55 ʹ N, 35 ° 13 ʹ E), collector N.S. Yakowenko, July 2000): three specimens and one egg.

This species was previously reported only from Poland and therefore is a new record for the Ukraine.

References

Pilato, G., Kaczmarek, L., Michalczyk, L. & Lisi, O. (2003) Macrobiotus polonicus, a new species of Tardigrada from Poland (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae, hufelandi group). Zootaxa, 259, 1 - 8.