Pseudechiniscus novaezeelandiae ( Richters, 1908b )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 26-27

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.