Current knowledge on Turkish tardigrades with a description of Milnesium beasleyi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Apochela: Milnesiidae, the granulatum group) Kaczmarek, Łukasz Jakubowska, Natalia Michalczyk, Łukasz Zootaxa 2012 3589 49 64 3940e260-6903-4ec1-a1ab-30d71b244514 Murray, 1911 Murray 1911 [151,663,1037,1063] Eutardigrada Macrobiotidae Paramacrobiotus GBIF Animalia Parachela 9 58 Tardigrada species richtersi   Material examined in this study: 8 specimensand 6 eggsin sample B.   Remarks:Species known from many localities throughout the world (including Turkey), but as this name incorporates a species complex, the majority of records need to be verified ( McInnes 1994, Guidetti et al.2009).   FIGURE 12.The administrative map of Turkey with 28 blackened provinces in which tardigrades were found (clockwise: 1—Kırkareli, 2—Çanakkale, 3—Balıkesir, 4—Bursa, 5—Sakarya, 6—Bolu, 7—Ankara, 8—Kastamonu, 9—Çorum, 10—Sivas, 11—Erzincan, 12—Tunceli, 13—Erzurum, 14—Aġrı, 15—Van, 16—Hakkari, 17—Bitlis, 18—Siirt, 19—Diyarbakır, 20—Gaziantep, 21—Mersin, 22—Konya, 23—Antalya, 24—Burdur, 25—Afyonkarahisar, 26—Ušak, 27—Denizili, 28—Izmir). Map outline from Wikipedia.   TABLE 2.An alphabetic list of all known Turkish tardigrade species, with their localities (provinces) and zoogeographical and taxonomic comments. Source codes (chronologically): 1— Maucci (1973), 2—Maucci (1975), 3—Morgan (1977), 4—Maucci (1978), 5—Maucci (1979), 6—Maucci (1980), 7—Maucci (1985), 8—McInnes (1994), 9—present study. (Binda (1988), Maucci (1981) and Maucci & Ramazzotti (1981) not included because these papers were based on the material published in earlier papers); * = species originally described from Turkey).      Taxa  Province(s)  Source(s)  Remarks   1.  Bryodelphax parvulusThulin, 1928 Van 4, 6 Known mainly from the Palearctic but there are single reports from other zoogeographic zones (McInnes 1994).   2.  Cornechiniscus ceratophorus(Maucci, 1973)* Burdur, Antalya 1, 2, 4, 5 Known only from a few localities in Turkey (Maucci 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979).   3.  Cornechiniscus cornutus(Richters, 1907) Afyonkarahisar, Erzurum 4, 5 Holoarctic (McInnes 1994).   4.  Cornechiniscus lobatus(Ramazzotti, 1943) Çorum, Sivas, 4, 5 Holoarctic (McInnes 1994).   5.  Diphascon (Diphascon) nobilei(Binda, 1969) Izmir 2, 4 Probably Palearctic, but it was also found in single localities in Australia and North America (McInnes 1994), although those need to be verified.   6.  Diphascon( Diphascon) pataneiBinda & Pilato, 1971 ? 8 Unidentified locality in Anatolia, according to Binda & Pilato (1973).   7.  Doryphoribius flavus(Iharos, 1966) Ankara 1, 2, 4 Known from several localities scattered throughout the world (McInnes 1994).   8.  Echiniscus blumi blumiRichters, 1903 Ankara, Izmir, Kırkareli 2, 4, 7 Cosmopolitan (McInnes 1994).   9.  Echiniscus canadensisMurray, 1910 Afyonkarahisar, Aġrı, Ankara, Bitlis, Çanakkale, Erzincan, Izmir, Kırkareli, Ušak, Van 1, 2, 4, 7 Holoarctic, with several localities in other zoogeographic realms (McInnes 1994).   10.  Echiniscus columinisMurray, 1911 Çanakkale 1, 2, 4 Palearctic (McInnes 1994).   11.  Echiniscus dikenliMaucci, 1973* Afyonkarahisar 1, 2, 4 Known only from a few localities in Turkey (Maucci 1973, 1975, 1978).   12.  Echiniscus granulatus(Doyère, 1840) Bolu, Burdur, Çorum, Erzurum, Kastamonu, Sivas, Van 1, 2, 4, 6 Palearctic, with a few localities in other zoogeographic realms (McInnes 1994).   13.  Echiniscus mediantusMarcus, 1930 Ankara, Erzincan, Van 1, 4, 7 Palearctic (McInnes 1994).   14.  Echiniscus merokensis merokensisRichters, 1904a Izmir 2, 4 Palaearctic (McInnes 1994).   15.  Echiniscus merokensis suecicusThulin, 1911 Bursa 2, 4 Palearctic (McInnes 1994).   16.  Echiniscus osellaiMaucci, 1975* Antalya 2, 4 Known only from a few localities in Turkey (Maucci 1975).   17.  Echiniscus testudo(Doyère, 1840) Afyonkarahisar, Aġrı, Antalya, Bitlis, Burdur, Çorum, Denizili, Diyarbakır, Erzincan, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Hakkari, Kastamonu, Mersin, Siirt, Sivas, Van, Konya 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 Holoarctic (McInnes 1994, Jørgensen et al. 2007).   18.  Echiniscus trisetosusCuénot, 1932 Afyonkarahisar, Aġrı, Ankara, Balıkesir, Çanakkale, Çorum, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Hakkari, Izmir, Kırkareli, Siirt, Ušak, Van 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 Holoarctic (McInnes 1994).  ......continued on the next page ......continued on the next page