Pseudechiniscus juanitae

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

59. Pseudechiniscus juanitae de Barros, 1939a [T]

Pseudechiniscus juanitae n. sp. (de Barros, 1939a)

Pseudechiniscus suillus franciscae n. var. (de Barros, 1942)

Terra typica: Brazil (South America)

Brazil:

• 22°43′S, 45°34′W; 1,600 m asl: Type Locality: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, Capivari. de Barros (1939a)

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

• 23°33′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, São Paulo, mosses on wood. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 23°58′S, 46°23′W; 0 m asl: São Paulo State, São Vicente, mosses. de Barros (1942a)

Record numbers: Brazil: 5; total: 5.

Remarks: This suillus group species, according to Pilato & Lisi (2006), has a Neotropic distribution that requires a revision. The original description (de Barros 1939a) is now dated and all type material lost. Pilato & Lisi (2006) provided a description based on Mexican specimens but it would need new samples from the type locale to verify the relationship. This species has been reported from Europe and Central America ( McInnes 1994a, Kaczmarek et al. 2014a).