Echiniscus evelinae

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 16

24. Echiniscus evelinae de Barros, 1942a [T]

Echiniscus (Echiniscus) evelinae n. sp. (de Barros 1942a)

E. (E.) evelinae Barros, 1942 (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944) Terra typica: Brazil (South America)

Brazil:

• 20°33′S, 48°34′W; 550 m asl: Type Locality: São Paulo State, Barretos, mosses. de Barros (1942a)

• 22°43′S, 45°36′W; 1,900 m asl [1,850 m asl]: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois- Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 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)

Record numbers: Brazil: 4; total: 4.

Remarks: Species currently endemic to Brazil.