70. Oreella mollis Murray, 1910 [T]

Oreella minor Ramazzotti, 1964 (Binda & Kristensen 1986)

Oreella minor spec. nov. ( Ramazzotti 1964b)

Terra typica: Australia (Australia)

Argentina:

• 42°37′S, 71°53′W; 550 m asl: Chubut Province, Puerto El Sagrario near Menédez Lake, temperate rainforest, moss on branches of Nothofagus and Myrtacea. Binda & Kristensen (1986)

Chile:

• 39°23′S, 71°58′W; 1,400 m asl: Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Temuco District, Villarrica National Park near Pucón, upper level of Nothofagus forest on the slopes of the Villarica Volcano, mosses and lichens on Nothofagus trunk. Dastych et al. (1998)

• 42°37′S, 73°49′W; 50–100 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 1, Chile: 2; total: 3.

Remarks: Distribution of this species is limited to the southern hemisphere. There has been much confusion regarding the genus Oreella (e.g. incorrect locus typicus, morphological and taxonomical confusion, data of description, lost material, etc.). For more details see Dastych et al. (1998).