Echiniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907

Lisi, Oscar, Daza, Anisbeth, Londono, Rosana & Quiroga, Sigmer, 2017, Echiniscidae from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, new records and a new species of Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928 (Tardigrada), ZooKeys 703, pp. 1-14 : 2

Echiniscus perarmatus Murray, 1907

Material examined.

21 specimens, CBUMAG:TAR:00098 (7 specimens), 00099 (10 specimens), 00101 (4 specimens). Microhabitat: lichen from the genus Parmotrema , growing on a tree trunk. Localities: Bella Vista, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 11°05'47.8"N, 74°05'04.4"W, 1930 m a.s.l.

Remarks.

The morphological characters of the Colombian specimens agree with the original description of E. perarmatus (Murray, 1907). This species, according to the literature, has a tropical and subtropical distribution; with the type locality, Cape Colony (South Africa), it has also been recorded in Indonesia, Hawaii, United States, and Venezuela ( McInnes 1994). The apparent wide distribution we suggest indicates E. perarmatus might be a species complex. Therefore further work with original material, or specimens from the type locality, would be required to solve this problem.

This is the first record (sensu lato) for Colombia.