Hypechiniscus exarmatus ( Murray, 1907c )

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 24

53. Hypechiniscus exarmatus ( Murray, 1907c) sensu lato [T]

Oreella breviclava Grigarick, Schuster , and Nelson, new species ( Grigarick et al. 1983) Terra typica: Shetland Islands, Scotland (Europe)

Venezuela:

• 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)

Record numbers: Venezuela: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: The original taxon diagnosis ( Oreella ) for this specimen was, after re-examination, changed by Dastych et al. (1998). This has left Hypechiniscus exarmatus with a disjunct distribution ( McInnes 1994a). This may represent specific habitat requirements or a need to review specimens using modern taxonomy and the South American record may belong to a new species.