Actual State of Knowledge of the Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrade Fauna of the Republic of Argentina and New Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Order, Family | Species/Subspecies | Status (Record Reliability) | Province | Report for Argentina |
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Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Antechiniscus jermani Rossi & Claps, 1989 | + | RN | [33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Antechiniscus lateromamillatus (Ramazzotti, 1964) | + | NQN | [36] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria bigranulata (Richters, 1907) | + | BA; ER; CR; MI; TU; SA; NQN; RN; CT; SC; TF(SS) | [8,9,13,15,29,30,31,32,33,36] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria charrua (Claps & Rossi, 1997) | + | MI; TU | [8] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria jenningsi (Dastych, 1984) | + | TF(IAS) | [35] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria madonnae (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006) | + | CT | [8] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria ollantaytamboensis (Nickel, Miller & Marley, 2001) | + | SA | [8] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria paucigranulata Wilamowski, Vončina, Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2022 | + | SA | [8] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria cf. rufoviridis comb. nov. (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944) | + * | BA; LP; SF | [37,38,47] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria weglarskae Gąsiorek, Wilamowski, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2022 | + | SC | [8] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Bryodelphax parvulus Thulin, 1928 | + * | RN | [16,17] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Claxtonia capillata (Ramazzotti, 1956) | + * | TU; RN; CT | [29,30,33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Claxtonia corrugicaudata (McInnes, 2010) | + | RN | [27] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Claxtonia marginopora (Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983) | + | SC | [13] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Claxtonia wendti (Dastych, 1984) | N | RN; CT; SC; TF(SS) | [10,13,29] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Cornechiniscus lobatus (Ramazzotti, 1943) | + | SA | [50] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus aonikenk Gasiorek, Bochnak, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2021 | + | CT | [51] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus arctomys Ehrenberg, 1853 | N | RN | [9] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus blumi Richters, 1903 | + * | RN; CT; SC | [9,13,16,17,29,33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 | + * | RN | [16] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus columinis Murray, 1911 | + | SC | [33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus crassispinosus Murray, 1907 | + * | MI | [31] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus dreyfusi de Barros, 1942 | + | MI | [31] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus evelinae de Barros, 1942 | + | TU | [51] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus manuelae da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1962 | + | CR; MI; SA | [31,51] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus merokensis merokensis Richters, 1904 | + * | NQN; RN; SC; TF(SS) | [6,13,36] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus pellucidus Gasiorek, Bochnak, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2021 | + | CT | [51] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840) | + | RN; CT; SC | [33,51] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932 | + * | CT | [29] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Mopsechiniscus granulosus Mihelčič, 1967 | + | NQN; RN; CT | [5,7,16,17,29,33,36] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Mopsechiniscus imberbis (Richters, 1907) | N | TF(IAS) | [35] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Pseudechiniscus (Meridioniscus) bartkei Węglarska, 1962 | + * | SA; RN TF(SS) | [30,33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Pseudechiniscus (Meridioniscus) saltensis Rocha, Doma, González-Reyes & Lisi, 2020 | + | SA | [42] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Pseudechiniscus (Pseudechiniscus) marinae Bartoš, 1934 | + * | RN | [9] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Pseudechiniscus (Pseudechiniscus) suillus (Ehrenberg, 1853) | + * | MI; RN; SC | [13,16,17,31] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Testechiniscus spitsbergensis spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897) | + * | CT; SC | [29,33] |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Viridiscus viridis (Murray, 1910) | N | NQN | [29] |
Echiniscoidea, Oreellidae | Oreella mollis (Murray, 1910) | + | CT | [5] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium argentinum Roszkowska, Ostrowska & Kaczmarek, 2015 | + | RN | [26,27] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium beatae Roszkowska, Ostrowska & Kaczmarek, 2015 | + | RN | [26,27] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium brachyungue Binda & Pilato, 1990 | + | RN | [26,27] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium eurystomum Maucci, 1991 | + * | SC | [14] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium granulatum Ramazzotti, 1962 | + | RN | [26,27] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium irenae Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | + | LP | [43,52] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium kogui Londoño, Daza, Caicedo, Quiroga & Kaczmarek, 2015 | + | SA | [41] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium pelufforum Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | + | SA | [43,52] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium quiranae Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | + | SA | [43,52] |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840 | N | BA; ER; CR; CH; TU; SA; JY; LP; NQN; RN; CT; SC; TF(SS); TF(IAS) | [9,16,29,30,31,32,33,36] |
Parachela, Calohypsibiidae | Calohypsibius ornatus (Richters, 1900) | + * | RN | [16,17] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Doryphoribius cephalogibbosus Rocha, Doma, González-Reyes & Lisi, 2020 | + | SA | [42] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Doryphoribius evelinae (Marcus, 1928) | + * | CR | [31] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Doryphoribius zappalai Pilato, 1971 | + * | SA; SC | [30,33,34] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Grevenius asper (Murray, 1906) | + * | MI; TU; JY | [30,31,34] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Grevenius deflexus (Mihelčič, 1960) | + | BA | [34] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Pseudobiotus megalonyx (Thulin, 1928) | + * | BA; CR; CB | [35] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Thulinius augusti (Murray, 1907) | + | BA; CR; CB | [30,31,34] |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Thulinius stephaniae (Pilato, 1974) | + * | BA | [34] |
Parachela, Hexapodibiidae | Parhexapodibius castrii (Ramazzotti, 1964) | + | RN | [34] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Notahypsibius arcticus (Murray, 1907) | + | TF(IAS) | [35] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Acutuncus antarcticus (Richters, 1904) | + * | NQN | [35,36] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Adropion greveni (Dastych, 1984) | + | TF(SS) | [6] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Adropion scoticum (Murray, 1905) | + * | RN; CT; SC; TF(SS) | [9,13,16,17,25,33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon alpinum Murray, 1906 | N | RN | [29,33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon chilenense Plate, 1888 | + | RN | [17,29,33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon mitrense Pilato, Binda & Qualtieri, 1999 | + | RN | [22] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon ongulense Morikawa, 1962 | + | TF(SS) | [33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon pingue pingue (Marcus 1936) | N | TU; JY; RN | [9,30,33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon stappersi Richters, 1911 | N | RN | [9] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon tenue Thulin, 1928 | N | NQN; RN | [33,36] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius allisoni Horning, Schuster & Grigarick, 1978 | + | SC; TF(SS) | [6,13] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, 1925) | + | TU; NQN; RN; SC | [10,13,17,29,30,33,36] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840) | + * | TU; NQN; RN; CT; SC; TF(SS) | [9,30,33] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990 | + | BA; TF(SS) | [19] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius microps Thulin, 1928 | N | BA; ER; NQN; RN; SC | [9,13,32,33,36] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius montanus Iharos, 1940 | + * | CT | [29] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius pallidus Thulin, 1911 | N | NQN | [36] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Itaquascon umbellinae de Barros, 1939 | + | SC | [13] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Mixibius fueginus Pilato & Binda, 1996 | + | TF(SS) | [6,20] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Mixibius saracenus (Pilato, 1973) | + | TF(SS) | [6] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Pilatobius brevipes (Marcus, 1936) | + * | RN; TF(SS) | [10,29] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Pilatobius bullatus (Murray, 1905) | + * | RN; CT | [9,17] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Pilatobius recamieri (Richters, 1911) | + * | RN | [9,29,34] |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Platicrista angustata (Murray, 1905) | + * | RN; SC | [13,34] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Dianea papillifera (Murray, 1905) | + | TF(IAS) | [35] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Dianea sattleri (Richters, 1902) | + * | RN | [9,17] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Isohypsibius prosostomus Thulin 1928 | + * | CB | [17] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Isohypsibius sculptus (Ramazzotti, 1962) | + | NQN; RN | [9] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Ursulinius nodosus (Murray, 1907) | N | RN; CT | [9] |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Ursulinius tucumanensis (Claps & Rossi, 1984) | + | TU | [30,35] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus anderssoni Richters, 1908 | + | RN; TF(SS) | [25] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988 | + | RN; SC | [13] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1903 | + * | SA; CT; TF(SS) | [17,18,23,24,29,30] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus hufelandi C.A.S. Schultze, 1833 | N | BA; ER; CR; MI; CB; TU; SA; JY; NQN; RN; CT; SC; TF(SS) | [9,13,16,17,25,29,30,31,32,33] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009 | + | RN | [12] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus kristenseni Guidetti, Peluffo, Rocha, Cesari & Moly de Peluffo, 2013 | + | LP | [40] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus occidentalis Murray, 1910 | + * | RN | [9] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus papillosus Iharos, 1963 | + | RN | [9] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus patagonicus Maucci, 1988 | + | NQN; RN; SC | [13,36] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus porteri Rahm, 1931 | + | ? | [17] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus coronatus de Barros, 1942 | + | BA | [32] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus erminiae Binda & Pilato, 1999 | + * | TF(SS) | [6] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus furciger (Murray, 1906) | + * | RN; CT; TF(SS) | [17,25,29] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus harmsworthi (Murray, 1907) | N | CR; RN; SC | [9,13,17,31] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus montanus Murray, 1910 | + * | RN | [10] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus neuquensis Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009 | + | NQN | [36] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus nuragicus (Pilato & Sperlinga, 1975) | + * | RN | [34] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus orcadensis (Murray, 1907) | + | CR; TF(SS) | [31,33] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus ovostriatus (Pilato & Patanè, 1998) | + | TF(SS) | [21] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus pseudoblocki Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016 | + | RN | [27] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus szeptyckii (Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009) | + | RN | [12] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus tehuelchensis (Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009) | + | NQN | [36] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus acontistus (de Barros, 1942) | + | CR; MI | [17,31] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus claxtonae Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009 | + | NQN | [36] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus furcatus (Ehrenberg, 1859) | + | BA; TF(SS) | [35] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888) | + * | ER; CR; RN; TF(SS) | [9,10,16,17,31] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus pseudostellarus Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016 | + | RN | [27] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus subintermedius (Ramazzotti, 1962) | + | NQN; CB | [29,36] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Paramacrobiotus areolatus (Murray, 1907) | + * | BA; CR; SA; LP; RN; SC | [13,30,31,32,33,38,39] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Paramacrobiotus richtersi (Murray, 1911) | + * | BA; CR; MI; TU; SA; JY; NQN; RN; CT; TF(SS) | [9,10,29,30,31,32,33] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Schusterius tridigitus (Schuster, 1983) | + | TF(SS) | [11,28] |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Sisubiotus spectabilis (Thulin, 1928) | + * | SA | [30] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Dactylobiotus ambiguus (Murray, 1907) | + * | BA; RN; TF(IAS) | [34] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Dactylobiotus dispar (Murray, 1907) | + * | BA; CR; JY; RN | [30,33,34] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Dactylobiotus grandipes (Schuster, Toftner & Grigarick, 1978) | + | LP | [35] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Dactylobiotus lombardoi Binda & Pilato, 1999 | + | TF(IAS) | [35] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Dactylobiotus parthenogeneticus Bertolani, 1981 | + * | BA; SJ; NQN | [34] |
Parachela, Murrayidae | Murrayon pullari (Murray, 1907) | + * | TF(SS) | [33] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Hebesuncus conjungens (Thulin, 1911) | + * | NQN; RN; SC | [13,16,17,29,33] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Hebesuncus mollispinus Pilato, McInnes & Lisi, 2012 | + | RN | [27] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Ramazzottius anomalus (Ramazzotti, 1962) | + * | ER; SA; SJ | [30,31] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Ramazzottius baumanni (Ramazzotti, 1962) | + * | ER; SA; JY; NQN; RN; CT; SC | [9,13,29,30,31,33,36] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri (Doyère, 1840) | + * | MI; SA; LP; RN; CT; TF(SS) | [16,17,25,30,31,33,38] |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Ramazzottius saltensis Claps & Rossi, 1984 | + | SA | [30] |
3. Results
3.1. Actual Checklist of Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrades of Argentina
- (1)
- For Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888) (indeed, indicated as “+” in Kaczmarek et al. [46], but, to be cautious, we put it into the “+ *” category). The only other Minibiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980, species of the list of the intermedius group with smooth cuticle is M. acontistus (de Barros, 1942), but the questioned records of M. intermedius were together with records of M. acontistus [17,31], indicating that the pertinent authors were able to distinguish between them.
- (2)
- For Ramazzottius oberhaeuserii (Doyère, 1840), two species of the genus reported for Argentina, R. anomalus (Ramazzotti, 1962) and R. baumanni (Ramazzotti, 1962), were described with notorious characters distinguishing them from R. oberhaeuseri. All three species were recorded together in Claps and Rossi [31]; similarly, the fourth Argentine species, R. saltensis, was recorded together with R. oberhaeuseri in Claps and Rossi [30]. All this clearly indicates no confusion between R. oberhaeuseri and the other three congeneric species.
- (3)
- The three dubious species of the genus Dactylobiotus R.O. Schuster, 1980, and the only two species of the genus Grevenius Gąsiorek, Stec, Morek & Michalczyk, 2019, were recorded together in Rossi and Claps [34], and the only two species of the genus Paramacrobiotus Guidetti, Schill, Bertolani, Dandekar & Wolf, 2009, were recorded together in Claps and Rossi [30,31] and Rossi and Claps [32,33].
3.2. Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944): Barbaria rufoviridis comb. nov.
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Order, Family | Species | Type Locality | Endemic (Y/N) |
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Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Antechiniscus jermani Rossi & Claps, 1989 | 41°11′ S, 71°49′ W, 1800 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador. | Y |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria bigranulata (Richters, 1907) | 54°48′ S, 68°18′ W, 50 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia. | N |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria paucigranulata Wilamowski, Vončina, Gąsiorek & Michalczyk, 2022 | 24°47′14″ S 65°43′30″ W, 2150 m asl: Salta Province, Rosario de Lerma Department. | Y |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Barbaria weglarskae Gąsiorek, Wilamowski, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2022 | 48°25′42″ S 71°44′48″ W, 803 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, vicinity of la Florida. | Y |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus aonikenk Gasiorek, Bochnak, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2021 | 44°10′26″ S 71°33′58″ W, 716 m asl: Patagonia, Chubut Province, vicinity of Río Pico. | Y |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Echiniscus pellucidus Gasiorek, Bochnak, Vončina & Michalczyk, 2021 | 44°10′26″ S 71°33′58″ W, 716 m asl: Patagonia, Chubut Province, vicinity of Río Pico. | Y |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Mopsechiniscus granulosus Mihelčič, 1967 | 41°14′ S, 71°46′ W; 800 m asl: Río Negro Province, Pampalinda, near Cainquenes stream. 41°58′ S, 71°31′ W, 390 m asl: Río Negro Province, Bolson. | N |
Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae | Pseudechiniscus (Meridioniscus) saltensis Rocha, Doma, González-Reyes & Lisi, 2020 | 24°27′–25°47′ S, 64°55′–65°40′ W, 1150 m asl: Salta Province, Salta City. | Y |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium argentinum Roszkowska, Ostrowska & Kaczmarek, 2015 | 41°13′ S, 71°27′ W, ca. 1200 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park. | Y |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium beatae Roszkowska, Ostrowska & Kaczmarek, 2015 | 41°12′ S, 71°50′ W, ca. 1000 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park. | Y |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium irenae Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | 36°37′13″ S, 64°17′26″ W, ca 177 m asl: La Pampa Province, Santa Rosa City. | Y |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium pelufforum Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | 24°47′18″ S, 65°24′38″ W, 1150 m asl: Salta Province, Salta City. | Y |
Apochela, Milnesiidae | Milnesium quiranae Rocha, González-Reyes, Ostertag & Lisi, 2022 | 24°47′18″ S, 65°24′38″ W, 1150 m asl: Salta Province, Salta City. | Y |
Parachela, Doryphoribiidae | Doryphoribius cephalogibbosus (Rocha, Doma, González-Reyes & Lisi, 2020) | 24°27′–25°47′ S, 64°55′–65°40′ W, 1150 m asl: Salta Province, Salta City. | Y |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Diphascon mitrense Pilato, Binda & Qualtieri, 1999 | 54°47′ S, 68°16′ W; 100 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Península Mitre, Estancia Río Pipo. | Y |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Hypsibius marcelli Pilato, 1990 | 52°54′ S, 68°27′ W, 0 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, near Estancia Cullen. | Y |
Parachela, Hypsibiidae | Mixibius fueginus Pilato & Binda, 1996 | 54°47′ S, 68°24′ W, 650 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, San Martial Glacier. | Y |
Parachela, Isohypsibiidae | Ursulinius tucumanensis (Claps & Rossi, 1984) | 26°47′ S, 65°20′ W, 750 m asl: Tucumán Province, Horco Molle. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus anderssoni Richters, 1908 | 54°48′ S, 68°18′ W, 50 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, valley. 54°46′ S, 68°12′ W, 150 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Río Olivia. 54°47′ S, 68°23′ W, 800 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, mountain region of Ushuaia. 54°50′ S, 68°34′ W, 0 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Tierra Mayor (Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego), near Roca Lake. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus andinus Maucci, 1988 | 50°06′ S, 73°18′ W, 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near Onelli Glacier. | N |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus kazmierskii Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009 | 41°11.551′ S, 71°49.908′ W/41°12′N, 71°50′ W, 1100 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Ventisquero Negro. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus kristenseni Guidetti, Peluffo, Rocha, Cesari & Moly de Peluffo, 2013 | 35°40′ S, 63°44′ W; 143 m asl: La Pampa Province, General Pico (125 km northeast of Santa Rosa). 36°39′ S, 64°17′ W; 177 m asl: La Pampa Province, Santa Rosa City. 36°55′ S, 64°16′ W; 150 m asl: La Pampa Province, Reserve Provincial Parque Luro (35 km south of Santa Rosa). | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus papillosus Iharos, 1963 | 41°59′ S, 71°31′ W, 360 m asl: Río Negro Province, El Bolsón, Mt. Piltriquitron. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Macrobiotus patagonicus Maucci, 1988 | 50°06′ S, 73°18′ W, 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near Onelli Glacier. | N |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus neuquensis Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009 | 40°07′ S, 71°39′ W, 700 m asl: Neuquén Province, Hua Hum, Junín de los Andes. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus ovostriatus (Pilato & Patanè, 1998) | 54°17′ S, 66°42′ W, 50 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Península Mitre, Cabo San Pablo. 54°47′ S, 68°16′ W, 100 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Peninsula Mitre, Río Pipo. | N |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus pseudoblocki Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016 | 41°12′ S, 71°50′ W, ca. 1000 m asl: Río Negro, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Ventisquero Negro. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus szeptyckii (Kaczmarek & Michalczyk, 2009) | 41°31′ S, 71°30′ W, 950 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, 70 km south of San Carlos de Bariloche. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Mesobiotus tehuelchensis (Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009) | 39°08′ S, 71°17′ W, 1000 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé Ñorquinco Lake. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus claxtonae Rossi, Claps & Ardohain, 2009 | 39°25′ S, 71°17′ W, 1000 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Quillén Lake. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Minibiotus pseudostellarus Roszkowska, Stec, Ciobanu & Kaczmarek, 2016 | 41°12′ S, 71°51′ W, ca. 1200 m asl: Río Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, at the foot of the Tronador volcano, Garganta del Diablo waterfall. | Y |
Parachela, Macrobiotidae | Schusterius tridigitus (Schuster, 1983) | 54°47′ S, 68°24′ W, 600–750 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Sierra Martial. | Y |
Parachela, Ramazzottiidae | Ramazzottius saltensis Claps & Rossi, 1984 | 24°55′ S, 64°09′ W, 400 m asl: Salta Province, road from Las Lajitas to J.V. González. | Y |
Characters | Image Type | Figures of the Genus Viridiscus | Figures of B. cf. rufoviridis comb. nov. (Argentine Material) | Figures of the Genus Barbaria |
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Cuticular ornamentation | PCM | 4e, 5e, 6f in Gąsiorek et al. [48] | 1–2 in Peluffo et al. [37] | 4a, 5a, 6a in Gąsiorek et al. [48] 2, 6, 13, 15, 25 in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek [15] |
SEM | 7d in Gąsiorek et al. [48] | 3–5 in Peluffo et al. [37] | 3–4; 9–10; 14, 16, 23 in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek [15] | |
Cuticle structure | SEM | - | - | 11–12, 53–54 in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek [15] |
TEM | - | 1–2 in Rocha et al. [47] | - | |
drawings | - | - | 72–74 in Michalczyk & Kaczmarek [15] |
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Rocha, A.; Camarda, D.; Ostertag, B.; Doma, I.; Meier, F.; Lisi, O. Actual State of Knowledge of the Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrade Fauna of the Republic of Argentina and New Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944). Diversity 2023, 15, 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020222
Rocha A, Camarda D, Ostertag B, Doma I, Meier F, Lisi O. Actual State of Knowledge of the Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrade Fauna of the Republic of Argentina and New Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944). Diversity. 2023; 15(2):222. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020222
Chicago/Turabian StyleRocha, Alejandra, Daniele Camarda, Belen Ostertag, Irene Doma, Florencia Meier, and Oscar Lisi. 2023. "Actual State of Knowledge of the Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrade Fauna of the Republic of Argentina and New Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944)" Diversity 15, no. 2: 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020222
APA StyleRocha, A., Camarda, D., Ostertag, B., Doma, I., Meier, F., & Lisi, O. (2023). Actual State of Knowledge of the Limno-Terrestrial Tardigrade Fauna of the Republic of Argentina and New Genus Assignment for Viridiscus rufoviridis (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944). Diversity, 15(2), 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15020222