Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905b, 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 27

62. Adropion scoticum Murray, 1905b sensu lato [T]

D. scoticum Murray (Murray 1913)

H. scoticus ( Iharos 1969a)

H. scoticus J. Murr. ( Iharos 1978)

Diphascon scoticum Murray, 1905 ( Van Rompu et al. 1991a)

Terra typica : Scotland (Europe)

Cameroon:

• 04°11′N, 09°12′E; 1,900–1,950 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, primeval forest, above bothy No. 1, moss on trees and lava. Iharos (1969a)

• 04°10′N, 09°13′E; 1,300–1,500 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, rainforest, moss on tree. Iharos (1969a)

Republic of South Africa:

• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province], moss. Murray (1913)

Tanzania:

• 03°17′S, 37°31′E; ca. 1,500 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Marangu gate, rain forest, below tree line, river, pH 5.5, water temperature 12°C, benthos sample . Van Rompu et al. (1991a)

Tunisia:

• 36°07′N, 08°30′E; 350 m asl: Kef Governorate, road between El Kef and Sakiet, 23 km W El Kef, Qued el Kohl, scrub, sparse vegetation, with stony ground and thin layer of surface soil, soil with vegetable debris or litter under trees ( Pinus halepensis and Juniperus phoenicus ). Iharos (1978)

Record numbers. Cameroon: 2, Republic of South Africa: 1, Tanzania: 1, Tunisia: 1; total: 5.

Remarks. Adropion scoticum sensu lato is a cosmopolitan complex of very similar species, which can only be determined by careful integrated (morphology and molecular) taxonomy. A re-description of the A. scoticum sensu stricto type material is required.