39. Echiniscus phocae du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944 [T]

E. (E) phocae sp. n. (du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1944)

Terra typica: Brazil (South America)

Brazil:

• 22°43′S, 45°36′W; 1,900 m asl [1,850 m asl]: Type Locality: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

Record numbers: Brazil: 1; total: 1.

Remarks: This arctomys group species (see also remarks E. arctomys above) is known only from South America (type locality), a few European localities (McInnes 1994a) and from USA ( Ramazzotti 1956); suggesting a probable species complex.