Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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27.
Echiniscus migiurtinus
Franceschi, 1957
[T]
Echiniscus
(
Echiniscus
)
migiuRtinus
sp. nov. (
Franceschi 1957
)
Terra typica
: Somalia (Africa)
Somalia:
•
11°20′N
,
49°45′E
;
2,000 m
asl
:
Bari
Region
,
Migiurtinia
,
Uar Medò mountain
group [
Warmadoow
] lichen.
Franceschi (1957)
Record numbers.
Somalia: 1;
total: 1.
Remarks.
This species has only two reports from the
type
locale and
China
(
Yang 2002a
), but the disjunct distribution suggests an error. Further analysis is required to verify this species and whether it is endemic to
Somalia
.