Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 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 : 13-14

13. Echiniscus canadensis Murray, 1910 sensu lato [T]

Echiniscus (E.) bellus n. sp. ( Mihelčič, 1967)

Terra typica: Canada (North America)

Argentina:

• 41°12′S, 71°50′W; 1,000 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Tronador (Ventisqueros) [Ventisquero Negro del Cerro Tronador], dry mosses on single, trees in full sun. Mihelčič (1967)

• 41°14′S, 71°46′W; 800 m asl [850 m asl]: Rio Negro Province, Pampalinda [Pampa Linda] near Cainquenes [Rio Cauquenes] creek, lichens on sunny and dry trees. Mihelčič (1967)

• 41°58′S, 71°31′W; 390 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Bolson [El Bolsón], cypress grove, mosses on dry singles trees exposed to full sun and wind. Mihelčič (1967)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: With the exception of Mihelčič’s (1967) records for the Argentina the species is known only from the Holarctic ( McInnes 1994a), and therefore the South American reports should be considered dubious and will require verification.