Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3923
1
1
107
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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1175-5326
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69.
Testechiniscus spitsbergensis
(
Scourfield, 1897
)
sensu
lato [T]
E. (E.) spitsbergenst
Scourfield, 1897
(
Claps & Rossi 1981
)
Terra typica
:
Svalbard
(
Spitsbergen
) (
Norway
, Arctic Ocean)
Argentina
:
•
43°10′S
,
71°36′W
;
350 m
asl
: Chubut Province, Rio Futaleufú, dry, mosses on rocks in the forest.
Claps & Rossi (1981)
•
48°47′S
,
69°11′W
: Undefined locality, Santa Cruz Province, Valle de la Florida, lichens on soil and mosses on rocks (2 samples).
Rossi & Claps (1989)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 2;
total: 2.
Remarks:
With the exception of
the Argentine
records, this species has a Holarctic distribution (
McInnes 1994a
); so we suggest that the records from South
America
should be re-examined.