Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
4284
1
1
74
4NLZK
(Murray, 1907 a)
Murray
1907
[193,716,1298,1323]
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscidae
Pseudechiniscus
Animalia
Echiniscoidea
17
18
Tardigrada
species
bispinosus
E. bispinosus sp. n.( Murray 1907a) Terra typica: Republic of South Africa (Africa) Republic of South Africa: • 29°44′S, 22°44′E: TypeLocality: Undefined locality, CapeColony [ Cape Province]. Murray (1907a) Record numbers.Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 1.
Remarks.This rare species is based on the single original reference from Africa ( Murray 1907a) and two early reports from SouthAmerica ( Kaczmarek et al.2015). As no typematerial is known it may prove difficult to find neotypematerial.