Murrayon pullari ( Murray, 1907c )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 90

220. Murrayon pullari ( Murray, 1907c) sensu lato [F]

Macrobiotus pullari Murray. ( Heinis 1914)

M. pullari J. Murray, 1907 (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944, Rossi & Claps 1989) Murrayon pullari (J. Murray, 1907) ( Garitano-Zavala 1995)

M. pullari ( Garitano-Zavala (1996)

Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Argentina:

• 54°50′S, 68°29′W; 100 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, road to Lapataia, peat-bog, moss ( Sphagnum sp.). Rossi & Claps (1989)

Bolivia:

• 16°11′S, 68°35′W; 3,680–4,000 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Huarina, moorland floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°13′S, 68°13′W; 4,550–4,700 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°18′S, 68°17′W; 4,300–4,400 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Wila Kunka, high Andean floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°20′S, 68°23′W; 4,650–4,700m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

Brazil:

• 23°35′S, 46°42′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, creeks of Rio Pinheiros, aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

Colombia:

• 04°24′N, 76°12′W; 1,600 m asl: Valle del Cavvuca Department, El Canon near El Aguacate, hepatics ( Frullania longicolla L. & G. and Taxilejeunea prominata (Gottsche)) . Heinis (1914)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1, Bolivia: 4, Brazil: 1, Colombia: 1; total: 7.

Remarks: A largely Holarctic species ( McInnes 1994a) suggest the South American records may be anomalous, and could indicate new taxa closely related to M. pullari .