36. Echiniscus ollantaytamboensis Nickel, Miller & Marley, 2001 [T]

Echiniscus ollantaytamboensis nov. sp. (Nickel et al. 2001)

Terra typica: Peru (South America)

Peru:

• 13°08′24′′S, 72°10′12′′W; 2,300 m asl [13 ° 15′S, 72 ° 16′W; 2,850 m asl]: Type Locality: Cusco Region, Ollantaytambo, lichen on stonewall. Nickel et al. (2001)

• 13°25′S, 71°51′W, 3,000 m asl: Cusco Region, Pisac near Cusco, mixed mosses and lichens on rock. Kaczmarek et al. (2014b)

• 15°50′S, 70°01′W; 2,600 m asl [3,850 m asl]: Puno Region, Puno, lichen. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2006a)

Record numbers: Peru: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: The species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and can easily be mistaken for other members of the group (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006a, 2007). It is currently endemic to Peru. See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above.