Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
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1
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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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
.