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
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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14.
Echiniscus capillatus
Ramazzotti, 1956
[T]
E.
(
E.
)
capillatus
Ramazzotti, 1956
(
Claps & Rossi 1981
,
Claps & Rossi 1984
,
Rossi & Claps 1989
)
Terra typica
:
Italy
(Europe)
Argentina
:
•
26°18′S
,
65°37′W
;
1,650 m
asl
: Tucumán Province, Hualinchay, lichens on house wall.
Claps & Rossi (1984)
•
41°11′S
,
71°49′W
;
1,800 m
asl
: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, semi-wet, lichens form rocks.
Claps & Rossi (1981)
•
42°42′S
,
70°30′W
;
500 m
asl
: Chubut Province, Gualjaina, dry, lichens on plant (quillimbay) and tree in the valley (2 samples).
Claps & Rossi (1981)
•
43°42′S
,
66°29′W
;
150 m
asl
: Chubut Province, Dique Florentino Ameghino, mosses on rocky soil (2 samples).
Rossi & Claps (1989)
•
43°53′S
,
68°25′W
;
250 m
asl
: Chubut Province, Los Altares, semi-wet, mosses and lichens on rocks (2 samples).
Claps & Rossi (1981)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 5;
total: 5.
Remarks:
The species belongs to the
arctomys
group and it is known from only a few localities in Europe and
Argentina
(
McInnes 1994a
) (see also remarks to
E. arctomys
above).