Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 45-46

104. Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905a sensu lato [T]

Diphascon scoticum Murray ? ( Richters 1908a)

Diphascon scoticum Murray (Murray & Wailes 1913 , Heinis 1914, Claps & Rossi 1997) Hypsibius (Diphascon) scoticus (J. Murr., 1905) (de Barros 1943)

H. (D.) scoticus (J. Murray, 1905) (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944)

Hypsibius scoticus J. Murr. ( Iharos 1963)

Hypsibius (Diphascon) scoticus (J. Murray, 1905) ( Ramazzotti 1964a)

Hypsibius (Diphascon) scoticus ( Ramazzotti 1964b)

Hypsibius (D.) scoticus ( Mihelčič 1967)

H. scoticus Murr. ( Iharos 1969)

H. (D.) scoticus ( Mihelčič 1972)

Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905 ( Maucci 1988)

D. (Adropion) scoticum scoticum (J. Murray, 1905) ( Rossi & Claps 1989) Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Argentina:

• 41°12′S, 71°50′W; 1,000 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Tronador (Ventisqueros) [Ventisquero Negro del Cerro Tronador], mosses form dry stones in full sun, lichens on rocks and lichens on moist rocks below the glacier (3 samples). Mihelčič (1967)

• 41°14′S, 71°46′W; 800 m asl [850m asl]: Rio Negro Province, Pampalinda [Pampa Linda] near Cainquenes stream, mosses and lichens on dry trees in full sun (2 samples). Mihelčič (1967)

• 41°22′S, 71°30′W; 900 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Ruta Nacional 258 near Guillelmo Lake, mosses on soil on the stream riverside. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 41°58′S, 71°31′W; 390 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Bolson [El Bolsón], cypress grove, lichens on dry rocks in full sun. Mihelčič (1967)

• 41°58′S, 71°29′W; 1,170 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on bases and barks of trees in Nothofagus pumilio forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°58′S, 71°28′W; 1,460 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on rocks and barks of trees near edge within Nothofagus pumilio forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on tree ( Myrceugenia exupca ) in the Myrceugenia exupca - Nothofagus dombeyi marsh forest. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 460 m asl: Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., live and decayed mosses on and under stones on cliff. Iharos (1963)

• 41°59′S, 71°31′W; 350 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, foot of Piltriquitron Mt., mosses on rocks in shaded Libocedrus chilensis -Lomatia obliqua forest. Iharos (1963)

• 42°13′S, 71°42′W; 220 m asl: Chubut Province, El Turbio, Puelo Lake, mosses on wet soil in primeval Nothofagus dombeyi - Libocedrus chilensis forest near the lake. Iharos (1963)

• 50°06′S, 73°20′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, Bahia Onelli, mosses on tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 50°06′S, 73°18′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, Los Glaciares National Park, shores of Argentino Lake, near the Onelli glacier, Nothofagus forests, in the shade, mosses and lichens on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)

• 54°47′S, 68°23′W; 800 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, mountain region of Ushuaia. Richters (1908a)

• Undefined localities cited according Mihelčič (1967), dry mosses and lichens on trees in full sun, shaded and wet lichens on tree, shaded and wet, mosses and lichens on soil, and thick wet layer (5 samples). Mihelčič (1972)

Bolivia:

• 10°49′S, 65°22′W; 150 m asl: Beni Department, Guayaramerín, Estancia Esperanza, gallerian forest along Mamore river, soil on Leguminosae plantation. Iharos (1969)

Brazil:

• 22°44′S, 45°35′W; 1,650 m asl: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 24°30′S, 48°05′W; 100 m asl: São Paulo State, São Paulo, Eldorado. de Barros (1943)

Chile:

• 32°58′S, 71°00′W; 1,170–1,230 m asl: Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), Cerro El Roble, leaf litter (2 samples). Ramazzotti (1964b)

• 33°04′S, 70°57′W; 1,100 m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), near Tiltil, leaf litter ( Drimys winteri var. chiloense ). Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 33°20′S, 70°17′W; 2,800m asl: Region RM Metropolitana (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), La Parva, mosses and lichens (2 samples). Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 51°44′S, 72°30′W; 0 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Puerto Natales, mosses on trees and rocks. Maucci (1988)

Colombia:

• 04°35′N, 74°02′W; 3,300 m asl: Bogota Department, Páramo Cruz Verde, moss ( Sphagnum sp.) mud. Heinis (1914)

• 04°34′N, 74°02′W; 3,600 m asl: Bogota Department, Páramo Cruz Verde, Sphagnum sp. and mosses. Heinis (1914)

Peru:

• 15°29′S, 70°08′W; 13,000 ft asl / 3,850 m asl: Puno Region, Juliaca. Murray & Wailes (1913)

Uruguay:

• 30°15′S, 57°36′W; 50 m asl: Artigas Department, Bella Unión, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

• 32°55′S, 54°27′W; 200 m asl: Treinta y Tres Department, Quebrada de los Cuervos, mosses or lichens on rocks, trees or posts or aquatic macrophytes. Claps & Rossi (1997)

Record numbers: Argentina: 14, Bolivia: 1, Brazil: 2, Chile: 4, Colombia: 2, Peru: 1, Uruguay: 2; total: 26.

Remarks: Diphascon (Adropion) scoticum sensu lato is a cosmopolitan complex of very similar species, which can only be determined by careful integrated taxonomy (morphology and molecular techniques). A redescription of D. (D.) scoticum sensu stricto type material is required before the South American reports of this species can be confirmed.