Adropion onorei Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2002

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 44

102. Adropion onorei Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2002 [T]

Diphascon (Adropion) onorei n. sp. ( Pilato et al. 2002)

Adropion onorei Pilato, Binda, Napolitano & Moncada, 2002 ( Pilato et al. 2004) Terra typica: Ecuador (South America)

Ecuador:

• 00°09′S, 78°32′W; 3,800 m asl: Type Locality: Pichincha Province, Pichincha Volcano (eastern slope), soil sample. Pilato et al. (2002)

• 00°22′S, 78°55′W; 1,100 m asl: Cotopaxi Province, Otonga ( San Pedro de las Pampas) [Otonga Nature Reserve], liverwort ( Plagiochila punctata and Bazzania bearsonii ). Pilato et al. (2002)

• 00°22′S, 78°09′W; 4,000 m asl: Napo Province, Papallacta Pass, moss ( Leptodontium viticulosoides ). Pilato et al. (2004)

• 00°41′S, 77°18′W; 400 m asl: Orellana Province, Loreto, moss. Pilato et al. (2004)

Record numbers: Ecuador: 4; total: 4.

Remarks: Currently endemic to Ecuador.