Echiniscus aliquantillus Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 9-10

8. Echiniscus aliquantillus Grigarick, Schuster & Nelson, 1983 [T]

Echiniscus aliquantillus Grigarick, Schuster , and Nelson, new species ( Grigarick et al. 1983) Terra typica: Venezuela (South America)

Ecuador:

• 0°22′S, 78°9′W [00 ° 22′S, 78 ° 09′W]; 4,000 m asl: Napo Province, Papallacta Pass, moss ( Leptodontium viticulosoides ). Pilato et al. (2002)

Venezuela:

• 08°38′N, 71°22′W; 2,000 m asl [2,300 m asl]: Type Locality: Region Los Andes, Mérida, La Carbonera, subtropical cloud forest in Sierra Nevada range of Andes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

• 08°36′N, 71°09′W; 1,627 m asl: Region Los Andes, Mérida, Mérida, Sierra Nevada range of Andes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

Record numbers: Ecuador: 1, Venezuela: 2; total: 3.

Remarks: The species belongs to the arctomys group, currently endemic to South America (see remarks for E. arctomys below).