Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Ehrenberg, 1853 ), 2017

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, 2017, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa, Zootaxa 4284 (1), pp. 1-74 : 19-20

44. Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Ehrenberg, 1853) sensu lato [T]

E. aRctomys Ehr. ( Murray 1907a)

Echiniscus aRctomys Ehrenbg. ( Richters 1908)

Echiniscus suillus Ehrenberg. ( Richters 1911)

Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehr.) ( Murray 1913)

Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehrenbg.) Marcus (1928)

P. suillus (Ehrbg.) ( Marcus 1936)

Pseudechiniscus suillus Ehrenberg, 1853 ( Rahm 1936) Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehrbg.) forma Zavattarii n. ( Pardi 1941) Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Ehrenberg) 1853 (da Cunha & do Nascimento 1964) Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Iharos 1969a)

Pseudechiniscus suillus Ehrbg. ( Iharos (1978)

Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

Pseudechiniscus suillus (Ehrbg) ( Maucci 1993)

Terra typica : Switzerland (Europe)

Angola:

• 07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 m asl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, mosses. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964)

Cameroon:

• 04°11′N, 09°12′E; 1,900–1,950 m asl: Southwest Region, Mount Cameroon National Park, Mount Cameroon, primeval forest, above bothy No. 1, moss on trees and lava. Iharos (1969a)

Ethiopia:

• 04°03′N, 38°19′E; 1,700 m asl: Oromia Region, Mēga, moss ( NeckeRa sp.) on tree ( JunipeRus pRoceRa). Pardi (1941)

• Israel and Palestinian National Authority:

• 31°51′N, 35°25′E; - 100 m asl: near Jericho, St. George's Monastery, Wadi Qelt, extreme arid climate, lichen ( XanthoRia paRietina L.). Rahm (1936)

Kenya:

• 00°01′S, 37°54′E: Undefined locality, British East Africa [ Kenya], moss. Murray (1913)

Morocco:

• 32°25′N, 05°13′W; 1,750 m asl: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, S of Azrou , cedar forest, moss on limestone boulders in the forest glade. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

• 31°08′N, 07°55′W; 1,700 m asl: Tadla-Azilal Region, Imlil , walnut forest, moss on limestone cliffs. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

• 31°06′N, 07°55′W; 2,300–2,500 m asl: Tadla-Azilal Region, path to the Jebel Toubkal , scattered tussock vegetation, moss on basalt and mica slate. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

Republic of South Africa:

• 23°50′S, 29°59′E; 1,450 m asl: N Transvaal [Limpopo Province], Woodbush [ Woodbush Forest Reserve]. Murray (1913)

• 26°03′S, 27°49′E; 1,500 m asl: Gauteng Province, NE Usumbara. Richters (1911)

• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a, 1913) ( Marcus 1928)

Tanzania:

• 03°07′S, 37°21′E; ca. 4,000 m asl: Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Barranco trail, above tree line, slow running ice covered brooklet, pH 5.5, water temperature 5°C, benthos sample . Van Rompu et al. (1991a)

Tunisia:

• 36°46′N, 08°41′E; 700 m asl: Jendouba Governorate, surroundings of Ain Draham , moss and lichen on tree ( QueRcus saubeR). Iharos (1978)

Uganda:

• 01°22′N, 32°17′E: Undefined locality. Murray (1907b, 1913)

Record numbers. Angola: 1, Cameroon: 1, Ethiopia: 1, Israel: 1, Kenya: 1, Morocco: 3, Republic of South Africa: 3, Tanzania: 1, Tunisia: 1, Uganda: 1; total: 14.

Remarks. There is confusion with some early records of Echiniscus arctomys (e.g. Murray 1907a, b; Richters 1908), which were identified as in error by Richters (1911), corrected to Echiniscus suillus and in Marcus (1928) to Pseudechiniscus suillus . The suillus species complex (see: Fontoura & Morais 2011) was originally described from Europe ( Ehrenberg, 1853), and requires a re-description. Other species within this complex (e.g. P. facettalis and P. santomensis Fontoura, Pilato & Lisi, 2010 ) have been described from the African continent and neighbouring islands, though some descriptions (e.g. Pardi 1941) do not conform to the more standard definition of P. suillus . The presence of P. suillus sensu stricto (in Africa) requires confirmation.