Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932 sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 22

48. Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932 sensu lato [T]

E. (E.) trisetosus Cuenot, 1932 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Terra typica: Italy (Europe)

Argentina:

• 42°06′S, 71°37′W; 200 m asl: Chubut Province, Puelo Lake, dry, lichens on fence posts. Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 42°50′S, 71°42′W; 500 m asl: Chubut Province, Futalaufquen Lake, dry, mosses and lichens on rocks in the mountains and trees (3 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 43°10′S, 71°36′W; 350 m asl: Chubut Province, Rio Futaleufú, dry, mosses on rocks in the forest. Claps & Rossi (1981)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: This blumi-canadensis group species is known from numerous Holarctic localities ( McInnes 1994a). These three South American records by Claps & Rossi (1981) are atypical and, therefore, we think the identification could be dubious and require confirmation.