Echiniscus africanus Murray, 1907a

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7. Echiniscus africanus Murray, 1907a [T]

E. africanus sp. n. ( Murray 1907a)

Echiniscus africanus Murr. ( Murray 1913)

Echiniscus africanus John Murray 1907 (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964) Echiniscus africanus Murray 1907 ( Binda & Pilato 1995a)

Echiniscus cf. africanus (Murray, 1907) ( Middleton 2003)

Terra typica : Republic of South Africa (Africa)

Angola:

• 07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 m asl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, mosses. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964)

Lesotho:

• 29°19′S, 27°29′E; 1,550 m asl: Maseru District, Maseru, moss or lichen on tree or rock. Middleton (2003) • 29°38′S, 27°31′E; 1,750 m asl: Maseru District, Morija, moss or lichen on tree or rock. Middleton (2003) Republic of South Africa:

• 23°50′S, 29°59′E; 1,450 m asl: N Transvaal [Limpopo Province], Woodbush [Woodbush Forest Reserve]. Murray (1913) • 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a) Tanzania:

• 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of Kilimanjaro National Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a)

Record numbers. Angola: 1, Lesotho: 2, Republic of South Africa: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 6. Remarks. Species only recorded from continental Africa and an uncertain record from Vietnam ( Węglarska 1962).