Echiniscus wendti Richters, 1903 sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 23-24

52. Echiniscus wendti Richters, 1903 sensu lato [T]

E. (E.) wendti Richters, 1903 ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Echiniscus Wendti ? var. ( Richters 1911a)

Echiniscus Wendti ( Richters 1911b)

Terra typica: Svalbard ( Spitsbergen) ( Norway, Arctic Ocean)

Argentina:

• 42°50′S, 71°42′W; 500 m asl: Chubut Province, Futalaufquen Lake, dry, mosses and lichens on rocks in the mountains and trees (3 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 50°18′S, 72°48′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988)

• 54°39′S, 68°30′W; 800 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, National Park Ushuaia [Tierra del Fuego National Park], soil. Iharos (1982)

Chile:

• 41°19′S, 72°58′W; 50 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Puerto Varas and Cayutué, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

• 50°59′S, 73°00′W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988)

Colombia:

• 05°12′N, 74°44′W; 200 m asl: Tolima Department, Honda near Magdalena river, moss. Richters (1911a, b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Chile: 2, Colombia: 1; total: 6.

Remarks: This arctomys group species is largely Holarctic ( McInnes 1994a), the Neotropical records should be reexamined to confirm the species (see also remarks for E. arctomys above).