146. Mesobiotus snaresensis Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978 [T]

Macrobiotus snaresensis Horning, Schuster & Grigarick 1978 (Binda & Pilato 1995a) Terra typica: Snares Islands (New Zealand)

Tanzania:

• 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. Tanzania: 1; total 1.

Remarks. At present, this species from the harmsworthi group is known only from New Zealand and Tanzania. All species from this group are quite similar and require careful taxonomic analysis of adults and egg morphology (see Kaczmarek et al. 2011 for diagnostic key).