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 32. Echiniscus reticulatus Murray, 1905a [T] Echiniscus Reticulatus J. Murray, 1905 ( Teunissen 1938 ) Terra typica : Scotland (Europe) Democratic Republic of Congo: 01°18′S , 29°29′E ; 2,250 m asl [ 2,100 m asl]: North Kivu Province , Albert National Park [Virunga National Park], Tshamugussa (Bweza area, SW[sic] (north west) of Visoke and Musule volcanoes), soil. Teunissen (1938) Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1; total: 1. Remarks. A species known from a few (Asian and European) Palaearctic localities ( McInnes 1994 ); but this single African/ tropical report requires confirmation. Echiniscus reticulatus belongs to the arctomys group, which is currently considered a species complex nested within the larger (possibly polyphyletic) ‘ arctomys group’ – sensu Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983 ). This African record requires an integrated morphological/ molecular verification.