Paramacrobiotus vanescens ( Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991 )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 57-58

161. Paramacrobiotus vanescens ( Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro, 1991) [T]

Macrobiotus vanescens n. sp. (Pilato et al. 1991)

Macrobiotus vanescens Pilato, Binda & Catanzaro 1991 ( Binda & Pilato 1995a, Pilato et al. 2003) Terra typica : Tanzania (Africa)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 00°04′S, 29°18′E; 1,950 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Lukanga, liverwort ( Targionia hypophylla ). Pilato et al. (2003)

Guinea:

• 09°31′N, 13°42′W; 0 m asl: Conakry Region, Conkary, moss ( Barbula sp.). Pilato et al. (2003)

Republic of Zambia:

• 17 ° 55 ′ S, 25 ° 52 ′ E; 890 m asl: Southern Province, near Livingstone, in the Victoria Falls gorge, mosses and leaf litter on soil. Zawierucha et al. (2012)

Tanzania:

• 03°09′S, 35°29′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Arusha Region, Ngorongoro Volcano, mosses. Pilato et al. (1991)

• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a)

Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Guinea: 1, Republic of Zambia: 1, Tanzania: 2; total: 5.

Remarks. This species belongs to richtersi group and is currently reported from a central band across Africa.