Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz text Zootaxa 2017 2017-06-28 4284 1 1 74 journal article 31842 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 ac866645-a8b9-45a8-8c7d-d3aff74ede70 1175-5326 1010400 1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038 62. Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905b sensu lato [T] D. scoticum Murray (Murray 1913) H. scoticus ( Iharos 1969a ) H. scoticus J. Murr. ( Iharos 1978 ) Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905 ( Van Rompu et al. 1991a ) Terra typica : Scotland (Europe) Cameroon: • 04°11′N , 09°12′E ; 1,900–1,950 m asl: Southwest Region , Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon , primeval forest, above bothy No . 1, moss on trees and lava. Iharos (1969a) • 04°10′N , 09°13′E ; 1,300–1,500 m asl: Southwest Region , Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon , rainforest, moss on tree. Iharos (1969a) Republic of South Africa: • 29°44′S , 22°44′E : Undefined locality, Cape Colony [ Cape Province ], moss. Murray (1913) Tanzania: • 03°17′S , 37°31′E ; ca. 1,500 m asl : Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Marangu gate, rain forest, below tree line, river, pH 5.5, water temperature 12°C, benthos sample . Van Rompu et al. (1991a) Tunisia: • 36°07′N , 08°30′E ; 350 m asl: Kef Governorate , road between El Kef and Sakiet, 23 km W El Kef , Qued el Kohl, scrub, sparse vegetation, with stony ground and thin layer of surface soil, soil with vegetable debris or litter under trees ( Pinus halepensis and JunipeRus phoenicus ). Iharos (1978) Record numbers. Cameroon : 2, Republic of South Africa : 1, Tanzania : 1, Tunisia : 1; total: 5. Remarks. Adropion scoticum sensu lato is a cosmopolitan complex of very similar species, which can only be determined by careful integrated (morphology and molecular) taxonomy. A re-description of the A. scoticum sensu stricto type material is required.