Hypsibius convergens ( Urbanowicz, 1925 ), 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 24

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049998

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-3200-7E52-FF6B-FE376E43F931

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scientific name

Hypsibius convergens ( Urbanowicz, 1925 )
status

sensu lato

53. Hypsibius convergens ( Urbanowicz, 1925) View in CoL sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius View in CoL (H.) convergens ( Urbanowicz), 1925 View in CoL ( Rodriguez-Roda 1947) Hypsibius convergens ( Iharos 1969a) View in CoL

Hypsibius convergens Urbanowicz, 1925 View in CoL ( Pilato & Pennisi 1976)

Hypsibius convergens View in CoL Urb. ( Iharos 1978)

Hypsibius (H.) convergens (Urbanowicz, 1928) ( Haspeslagh 1982)

Terra typica : Ukraine (Europe)

Algeria:

• 36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987) GoogleMaps

Cameroon:

• 04°13′N, 09°10′E; 4,000 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, near fumaroles (80°C), moss on soil. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°11′N, 09°12′E; 1,900–1,950 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, primeval forest, above bothy No. 1, moss on trees and lava. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°10′N, 09°13′E; 1,300–1,500 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, rainforest, moss on tree. Iharos (1969a)

Equatorial Guinea:

• 03°37′N, 08°48′E; 1,800–2,000 m asl: Fernando Póo [Bioko Island], Bioko Norte Province, near refuge at Pico Basilé , on Rubiaceae leaf with liverworts attached. Rodriguez-Roda (1947) GoogleMaps

Kenya:

• 00°10′S, 37°18′E; 4,270 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Teleki Tarn, small effluent and shallow pond, silt, sediments and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

Libya:

• 32°49′N, 21°51′E; 600 m asl: Jabal al Akhdar District, Cyrene , moss. Pilato & Pennisi (1976) GoogleMaps

Republic of South Africa:

• 28°07′S, 27°59′E; 1,000 m asl: Undefined locality, Pretoria Province [Gauteng Province] Dragon Mountains, near waterfall, moss on soil. Kaczmarek & Michalczyk (2004b)

• 28°13′S, 31°57′E; 350 m asl: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Park , lichen on tree ( Acacia ). Meyer & Hinton (2009) GoogleMaps

Tunisia:

• 36°14′N, 08°46′E; 1,100 m asl: Kef Governorate, 6 km NE of El Kef, Djebel Eddir Mts., surroundings of Ferme Shitta , moss and lichen on rock. Iharos (1978) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Algeria: 1, Cameroon: 3, Equatorial Guinea: 1, Kenya: 1, Libya: 1, Republic of South Africa: 2, Tunisia: 1; total: 10.

Remarks. Hypsibius convergens sensu lato is a species complex (Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009) with an apparent global distribution ( McInnes 1994). The taxa within this complex require careful examination, and can only be determined via subtle morphometric details of the claws and other characters (e.g. Miller et al. 2005, Kaczmarek & Michalczyk 2009). The nominal species of the group is either Palaearctic or Holarctic, so (particularly early) African records require re-examination.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Tardigrada

Class

Eutardigrada

Order

Parachela

Family

Hypsibiidae

SubFamily

Hypsibiinae

Genus

Hypsibius

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Hypsibius convergens ( Urbanowicz, 1925 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz 2017
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convergens ( Urbanowicz), 1925

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Hypsibius convergens ( Iharos 1969a )

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Hypsibius convergens Urbanowicz, 1925

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Hypsibius convergens

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Hypsibius

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