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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56.
Pseudechiniscus bartkei
Węglarska, 1962
sensu
lato [T]
Pseudechiniscus bartkei
Weglarska, 1962
(
Claps & Rossi 1984
,
Rossi & Claps 1989
)
Terra typica
:
Vietnam
(Asia)
Argentina
:
•
25°38′S
,
65°39′W
;
1,250 m
asl
: Salta Province, road from Cafayate to Salta, mosses on soil.
Claps & Rossi (1984)
•
5
4°51′S
,
68°29′W
; 0 m asl
: Tierra del Fuego Province, Tierra del Fuego National Park, Bahia Ensenada, mosses and lichens on rocks.
Rossi & Claps (1989)
Record numbers:
Argentina
: 2;
total: 2.
Remarks:
The two South American records are the only reports of this species outside the Asian
type
locality. We suggest the examples from South
America
should be re-examined as they may belong to a new species.