Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America
Author
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Author
Michalczyk, Łukasz
Author
Mcinnes, Sandra J.
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1
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6.
Bryodelphax parvulus
Thulin, 1928
sensu
lato [T]
Echiniscus intermedius
Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913)
Echiniscus
(
Bryodelphax
)
parvulus
Thulin, 1928
(de
Barros 1942a
)
Echiniscus
(
Bryodelphax
)
parvulus
(
Mihelčič 1967
)
Echiniscus
(
B.
)
parvulus
(
Mihelčič, 1972
)
Terra typica
:
Norway
(Europe)
Argentina
:
•
41°12′S
,
71°50′W
;
1,000 m
asl
: Rio Negro Province, Tronador (Ventisqueros) [Ventisquero Negro del Cerro Tronador], mosses and lichens on dry rocks and stones in full sun (3 samples), and dry soil.
Mihelčič (1967)
•
41°58′S
,
71°31′W
;
390 m
asl
: Rio Negro Province, Bolson [El Bolsón], cypress grove, lichens on dry rocks in full sun, and moist soil (2 samples).
Mihelčič (1967)
•
Undefined localities cited according
Mihelčič (1967)
, from mosses and lichens on trees, rocks and soil and a thin layer of leaf litter (6 samples).
Mihelčič (1972)
Brazil
:
•
20°33′S
,
48°34′W
;
550 m
asl
: São Paulo State, Barretos, mosses.
de
Barros (1942a)
Peru
:
•
13°12′S
,
69°38′W
;
1–3,000 ft
asl
/
300–900 m
asl: Madre de Dios Region, Tambopata Valley.
Murray & Wailes (1913)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 3,
Brazil
: 1,
Peru
: 1;
total: 5.
Remarks:
With the confusion between
Bryodelphax
and
Bryochoerus
(
Marcus 1939
;
Kristensen 1987
; see above) and the questionable report of
Echiniscus intermedius
(=
Bryochoerus intermedius
) (
Murray & Wailes (1913)
from
Bolivia
(now
Peru
– see above) (
Marcus 1939
), the presence of
B. parvulus
in
Peru
needs to be verified. Moreover, the considerable morphological variation of
B. parvulus
(
e.g.
the presence or absence of the spine and papilla on legs, etc.) suggests that this taxon may be a complex of closely related species each with limited geographic range rather than a single cosmopolitan species (see also Pilato
et al.
2010). The actual geographic range and the presence of
B. parvulus
sensu
lato
in South
America
must be carefully verified.