28. Echiniscus loxophthalmus Richters, 1911c [T]

E. loxophthalmus Richt. (Iharos 1969)

Terra typica: Norway (Europe)

Chile:

• 18°11′S, 69°13′W; 4,800 m asl [4,550 m asl]: Region XV Arica y Parinacota, Laguna La Cotacotani, leaf litter. Iharos (1969)

Record numbers: Chile: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This single Chilean record for E. loxophthalmus is the only report outside the locus typicus of Norway, and therefore the presence of this species in South America is dubious ( Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983 records this species as spec. inquir.).