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 2822ae22-53bb-45c1-b3a3-49f7b6c0fb53 1175-5326 241936 2305A96C-0A03-4524-93AA-90359893A4DD 60. Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae ( Richters, 1908b ) sensu lato [T] [m] Echiniscus novae-zeelandiae mihi ( Richters 1911a ) Echiniscus novae-zeelandiae Richters. ( Heinis 1914 ) Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae (Richters, 1908) (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944 , Garitano-Zavala 1995 , Jerez & Narváez 2001 ) Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae (Richters), 1908 ( Grigarick et al. 1983 , Séméria 1993 ) P. novaezeelandiae ( Garitano-Zavala 1996 ) Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandii ( Nickel et al. 2001 ) Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae ( Jørgensen et al. 2011 ) Terra typica : North Island , New Zealand (Pacific Ocean) Bolivia : • 16°20 ′ S , 68°23 ′ W ; 4,650–4,700m asl La Paz, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995 , 1996 ) Brazil : • 22°45′S , 47°24′W ; 550 m asl : São Paulo State, Município de Sta. Bárbara [Município Santa Bárbara d ′Oeste], mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944) • 25°26′S , 49°16′W ; 900 m asl : Paraná State, Curitiba, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944) Chile : • 36°36′S , 72°06′W ; 150 m asl : Region VIII Biobío (Región del Biobío), Chillán. Jørgensen et al. (2011) Colombia : • 07°07′N , 73°02′W ; 1,795–1,850 m asl : Santander Department, El Diviso Natural Reserve, Cypress forest ( Cupressus lusitanica ) and Pine forest ( Pinus patula ), mosses ( Lyperodon tomentosus , Lepidopilum brevipes , Fabronia ciliaris , Cryphaea patens ). Jerez & Narváez (2001) • 06°08′N , 75°42′W ; 1,900 m asl : Antioquia Department, Angelópolis, in ravine, hepatic ( Plagiochila hansmeyeri Steph. ) and lichens. Heinis (1914) • 05°12′N , 74°44′W ; 200 m asl : Tolima Department, Honda near Magdalena River, moss. Richters (1911a) Peru : • 13°04′48′′S , 72°18′00′′W ; 2,350 m asl [ 13 ° 10′S , 72 ° 33′W ; 2,500 m asl]: Cusco Region, Machu Picchu, mosses or lichens. Nickel et al. (2001) Venezuela : • 08°48′N , 70°48′W ; 3,050 m asl [ 3,550 m asl]: Region Los Andes, Mérida, Laguna la Victoria, mosses or lichens. Séméria (1993) • 08°38′N , 71°22′W ; 2,000 m asl [ 2,300 m asl]: Region Los Andes, Mérida, La Carbonera, subtropical cloud forest in Sierra Nevada range of Andes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983) • 08°38′N , 70°13′W ; 200 m asl : Region Los Andes, Barinas, Barrancas, foothills of Sierra De Santo Domingo range and edge of Llanos Planes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983) • 08°37′N , 71°04′W ; 1,800 m asl : Region Los Andes, Mérida, La Mucuy, Sierra De Santo Domingo range of Andes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983) • 08°36′N , 71°09′W ; 1,627 m asl : Region Los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Sierra Nevada range of Andes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983) Record numbers: Brazil : 2, Bolivia : 1, Chile : 1, Colombia : 3, Peru : 1, Venezuela : 5; total: 13. Remarks: Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae sensu lato appears widely distributed ( McInnes 1994a ), which suggests a species complex requiring further study.