Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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59.
Pseudechiniscus juanitae
de
Barros, 1939a
[T]
Pseudechiniscus juanitae
n. sp.
(de
Barros, 1939a
)
Pseudechiniscus suillus franciscae
n. var.
(de Barros, 1942)
Terra typica
:
Brazil
(South
America
)
Brazil
:
•
22°43′S
,
45°34′W
;
1,600 m
asl
:
Type
Locality
: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, Capivari.
de
Barros (1939a)
•
22°44′S
,
45°35′W
;
1,650 m
asl
: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses on wood.
du
Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)
•
22°45′S
,
47°24′W
;
550 m
asl
: São Paulo State, Município de Sta. Bárbara [Município Santa Bárbara d ′Oeste], mosses on wood.
du
Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)
•
23°33′S
,
46°38′W
;
750 m
asl
: São Paulo State, São Paulo, mosses on wood.
du
Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)
•
23°58′S
,
46°23′W
; 0 m asl
: São Paulo State,
São Vicente
, mosses.
de
Barros (1942a)
Record numbers:
Brazil
: 5;
total: 5.
Remarks:
This
suillus
group species, according to Pilato & Lisi (2006), has a Neotropic distribution that requires a revision. The original description (de
Barros 1939a
) is now dated and all
type
material lost. Pilato & Lisi (2006) provided a description based on Mexican specimens but it would need new samples from the
type
locale to verify the relationship. This species has been reported from Europe and Central
America
(
McInnes 1994a
,
Kaczmarek
et al.
2014a
).