Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888)

Meyer, Harry A. & Hinton, Juliana G., 2009, The Tardigrada of southern Africa, with the description of Minibiotus harrylewisi, a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae), African Invertebrates 50 (2), pp. 255-255 : 266

Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888)

Material examined: SOUTH AFRICA & LESOTHO: 19 specimens, SP, HGP and TPGR, foliose lichens ( SMLA accession numbers 9352, 9358, 9362, 9365). Also present in the same samples were Hypsibius convergens , Ramazzottius theroni , Macrobiotus iharosi , M. richtersi , Minibiotus harrylewisi sp. n., Milnesium tardigradum , and Echiniscus duboisi .

Distribution:A cosmopolitan species, Minibiotus intermedius has previously been found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa (Table 1).

Order Apochela Schuster , Nelson, Grigarick & Christenberry, 1980

Family Milnesiidae Ramazzotti, 1962

Genus Milnesium Doyère, 1840

Thirteen recent species of Milnesium are known to science. Of these, only one has been found in southern Africa (Table 1).