136. Macrobiotus rubens Murray, 1907d sensu lato [T]

M. rubens Murray (Murray 1913)

Terra typica: India (Asia)

Kenya:

• 00°01′S, 37°54′E: Undefined locality, British East Africa [Kenya], moss. Murray (1913)

Record numbers. Kenya: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. Macrobiotus rubens has a very disjunct distribution (McInnes 1994), however, the few taxonomic characters in the original description (Murray 1907d), preclude correct identification. This taxon is in urgent need of a detail re-description based on material from the type locality.