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 50. Diphascon pingue ( Marcus, 1936 ) sensu lato [T] Diphascon pingue ( Marcus 1936 ) (Binda et al. 2001) Terra typica : Germany (Europe) Democratic Republic of Congo: • 01°10′S , 28°28′E ; 1,000 m asl : North Kivu Province , outskirts of Mohanga , moss ( Entodon sp.). Binda et al. (2001) Tanzania: • 03°12′S , 37°31′E ; ca. 2,500 m asl : Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Maranda [Mandara] trail, tree line, benthos sample from river . Van Rompu et al. (1991a) Tunisia: • 36°43'45''N , 08°44'11''E ; 373 m asl : Jendouba Governorate , Beni M'tir, forest, moss on soil. Gąsiorek et al. (2017) Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo : 1, Tanzania : 1, Tunisia : 1; total: 3. Remarks. The pingue group is a complex of similar species ( Pilato & Binda 1998 , 1999, see Fontoura & Pilato (2007) for diagnostic key). Diphascon pingue sensu lato was believed to be cosmopolitan ( McInnes 1994a ), but the recent revision suggests the nominal species is probably Holarctic ( Pilato & Binda 1998 , 1999). Some of the African reports could be for Diphascon pingue sensu stricto ; however, other species from pingue group, e.g. D. zaniewi from the Republic of South Africa , have been described from the region.