Echiniscus limai, Kaczmarek, 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6049927
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ED740D-321B-7E49-FF6B-FC466804FB3A
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Echiniscus limai
status

Treatment

22. Echiniscus limai View in CoL da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964 [T]

Echiniscus limai sp. n. (da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro 1964)

Terra typica : Angola (Africa)

Angola:

• 07°25′S, 15°06′E; 850 m asl: Type Locality: Uíge Province, Mahondo , lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) GoogleMaps

Record numbers. Angola: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. The species has a disjunct Africa (type locale) and Asia distribution ( Beasley & Cleveland 1996; Kaczmarek & Beasley 2002; Li et al. 2008), suggesting that the Asian records need re-assessment.