Antechiniscus lateromamillatus

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 8

2. Antechiniscus lateromamillatus ( Ramazzotti , 1964 b) [T]

Pseudechiniscus lateromamillatus spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1964 b)

Antechiniscus lateromamillatus ( Jørgensen et al. 2011)

Terra typica: Chile (South America)

Argentina:

• 39 ° 25 ′S, 71 ° 17 ′W; 1,000 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Quillén Lake, lichen on tree. Rossi et al. (2009)

Chile:

• 37 ° 48 ′S, 72 ° 43 ′W; 100 m asl: Region IX Araucania, Angol. Jørgensen et al. (2011)

• 42 ° 37 ′S, 73 ° 49 ′W; 50–100 m asl: Type Locality: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964 b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1, Chile: 2; total: 3.

Remarks: The genus Antechiniscus is known only from the southern hemisphere and the majority of its species were reported from New Zealand ( McInnes 1994 a). Antechiniscus lateromamillatus is the type species for the genus Antechiniscus and known only from these three localities in Argentina and Chile.