Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928

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 : 260

Family Macrobiotidae Thulin, 1928

Genus Macrobiotus Schulze, 1834

Species of Macrobiotus cannot be identified without their eggs. Older literature often did not employ the rigorous standards of identification used today ( Pilato & Binda 2001; Guidetti & Bertolani 2005). Up to now, 10 of the 161 species in this genus have been reported in southern Africa (Table 1).