Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa Author Kaczmarek, Łukasz text Zootaxa 2017 2017-06-28 4284 1 1 74 journal article 31842 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1 ac866645-a8b9-45a8-8c7d-d3aff74ede70 1175-5326 1010400 1CD17B31-E3D0-4BFB-8B69-144D97949038 8. Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha & do Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964 [T] Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha & Nascimento Ribeiro, 1964 ( Van Rompu et al. 1991a ) Echiniscus angolensis da Cunha & Ribeiro, 1964 ( Middleton 2003 ) Terra typica : Angola (Africa) Angola: 15°01′S , 13°22′E ; 1,950 m asl : Type Locality: Huíla Province , da Bandeira [Lubango], Boca da Humpata , lichens. da Cunha & do Nascimento (1964) Botswana: 19°10′S , 23°25′E ; 950 m asl : North West District , Moremi , lichen on tree. Middleton (2003) Tanzania: 03°17′S , 37°31′E ; ca. 1,500 m asl : Kilimanjaro Region, Kilimanjaro National Park, Marangu gate, rain forest, below tree line, river, pH 5.5, water temperature 12°C, benthos sample. Van Rompu et al. (1991a) Record numbers. Angola : 1, Botswana : 1, Tanzania : 1; total: 3. Remarks. A species with a disjunct distribution, reported from Africa and South and Central America ( McInnes 1994 , Kaczmarek et al. 2014, 2015), which potentially hides either more than one cryptic species, a rare species with very specific habitat requirements, or a species with Pan-tropical distribution.