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 2822ae22-53bb-45c1-b3a3-49f7b6c0fb53 1175-5326 241936 2305A96C-0A03-4524-93AA-90359893A4DD 29. Echiniscus madonnae Michalczyk & Kaczmarek, 2006 a [T] Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006) Terra typica : Chile (South America ) Chile : 09°30′S , 77°26′W ; 4,000 m asl : Type Locality : Ancash Region, near Huaraz, mosses on rocks (4 samples). Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2006a) Colombia : 11°06′20.0′′N , 74°03′56.4′′W ; 2,284 m asl : Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta , between La Tagua and Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, sub-Andean forest, lichen on tree (Pine). Lisi et al. (2014) Record numbers: Chile : 1, Colombia : 1; total: 2. Remarks: This bona fida species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and could easily be mistaken for other group members (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006a, 2007). See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above. This species currently known only from Chile and Colombia .