Isohypsibius schaudinni ( Richters, 1909 ), 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 40

112. Isohypsibius schaudinni ( Richters, 1909) sensu lato [T]

H. (I.) schaudinni (Richters) 1901 ( Marcus 1936)

Hypsibius schaudinni ( Iharos 1969a)

Terra typica : Svalbard (Spitsbergen)

Gabon:

• 00°18′N, 09°30′E; 10–40 m asl: Estuaire Province, near Libreville, Owendo , moss on tree. Iharos (1969a)

Kenya:

• 01°05′S, 37°15′E; 1,400 m asl: Kiambu County, between Nairobi and Fort Hall, Thika Falls [Fourteen Falls] on Athi River , on spray wet leaves at the foot of the waterfall. Marcus (1935)

Zimbabwe:

• 20°06′S, 31°00′E; 1,050 m asl: Masvingo Province, Popoteke Gorge [ Popoteki Gorge ], along the river, under reeds, humid soil . Van Rompu et al. (1995)

Record numbers. Gabon: 1, Kenya: 1, Zimbabwe: 1; total: 3.

Remarks. The largely Holarctic distribution ( McInnes 1994), requires taxonomic revision of type material to clarify the true distribution of this species.