Echiniscus afRicanus
Echiniscus afRicanus Murray 1907
Echiniscus
afRicanus (Murray, 1907)
Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
Kaczmarek, Łukasz
Zootaxa
2017
2017-06-28
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Murray, 1907 a
Murray
1907
[179,608,1354,1379]
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Animalia
Echiniscoidea
8
9
Tardigrada
species
africanus
E. afRicanussp. n. ( Murray 1907a) Echiniscus afRicanusMurr. ( Murray 1913)
Echiniscus afRicanusJohn Murray 1907 (da Cunha& do Nascimento 1964) Echiniscus afRicanusMurray 1907( Binda & Pilato 1995a) Echiniscuscf. afRicanus(Murray, 1907)( Middleton 2003)
Terra typica: Republic of South Africa (Africa) Angola: • 07°47′S, 15°01′E; 650 masl: Uíge Province, near Carmona [ Uíge], Estate at Pumba Loge, mosses. da Cunha& do Nascimento (1964) Lesotho: • 29°19′S, 27°29′E; 1,550 masl: Maseru District, Maseru, moss or lichen on tree or rock. Middleton (2003)• 29°38′S, 27°31′E; 1,750 masl: Maseru District, Morija, moss or lichen on tree or rock. Middleton (2003) Republic of SouthAfrica: • 23°50′S, 29°59′E; 1,450 masl:N Transvaal [Limpopo Province], Woodbush [Woodbush Forest Reserve]. Murray (1913)• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. Murray (1907a)Tanzania: • 03°12′S, 37°31′E; 2,200–2,400 masl: Kilimanjaro Region, near Marangu [gate], outskirts of the entrance of KilimanjaroNational Park, mosses. Binda & Pilato (1995a) Record numbers. Angola: 1, Lesotho: 2, Republic of SouthAfrica: 2, Tanzania: 1; total: 6. Remarks.Species only recorded from continental Africa and an uncertain record from Vietnam( Węglarska 1962).