Echiniscus virginicus Riggin, 1962

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 22-23

49. Echiniscus virginicus Riggin, 1962 [T]

Terra typica: Virginia ( USA, North America)

Colombia:

• 11°06′20.0′′N, 74°03′56.4′′W; 2,284 m asl: Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, between La Tagua and Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, sub-Andean forest, lichen on tree (Pine). Lisi et al. (2014)

Venezuela:

• 10°25′N, 67°34′W; 1,130 m asl: Region Central, Aragua, Henri Pittier National Park, Rancho Grande, tropical rainforest, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

• 10°20′N, 67°21′W; 1,500 m asl: Undefined locality in Region Central, Aragua, Bayo Seco, mosses or lichens. Séméria (1993)

• 09°51′N, 72°50′W; 700 m asl: Region Zuliana, Zulia, El Tucuco, tropical forest in foothills of Sierra De Perija, bordering a grassland biome, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

• 09°41′N, 69°35′W; 1,500 m asl: Region Centro Occidental, Lara, Yacambu National Park, subtropical rainforest, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

• 08°38′N, 71°22′W; 2,000 m asl [2,300 m asl]: 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°38′N, 70°13′W; 200 m asl: Region Los Andes, Barinas, Barrancas, foothills of Sierra De Santo Domingo range and edge of Llanos Planes, mosses, lichens or liverworts on plants or mineral substrates. Grigarick et al. (1983)

• 08°37′N, 71°04′W; 1,800 m asl: Region Los Andes, Mérida, La Mucuy, Sierra De Santo Domingo 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: Colombia: 1, Venezuela: 8; total: 9.

Remarks: This species has a Nearctic to northern Neotropic distribution ( McInnes 1994a, Kaczmarek et al. 2014a).