Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters 1908
- Dataset
- Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kaczmarek, Łukasz (2017): Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part IV: Africa. Zootaxa 4284 (1): 1-74, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4284.1.1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Tardigrada
- class
- Heterotardigrada
- order
- Echiniscoidea
- family
- Echiniscidae
- genus
- Echiniscus
- species
- Echiniscus bigranulatus
description
Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters. (Heinis 1928) Echiniscus bigranulatus (Iharos 1969 a) Echiniscus bigranulatus Richters, 1907 (Middleton 2003) Terra typica: Argentina (South America) Botswana: • 24 ° 25 ′ S, 25 ° 31 ′ E; 1,150 m asl: Kweneng District, Molepolole, lichen on tree. Middleton (2003) Cameroon: • 04 ° 57 ′ N, 09 ° 56 ′ E; 800 m asl: Littoral Region, Kongsamba [Nkongsamba], moss on tree. Iharos (1969 a) Republic of South Africa: • 30 ° 34 ′ S, 22 ° 56 ′ E: Undefined locality. Heinis (1928) Record numbers. Botswana: 1, Cameroon: 1, Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 3.
discussion
Remarks. This bona fide species belongs to the Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group but is easily mistaken for other siblings (see: Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006 a, 2007). All records prior to 2006 require confirmation, while the three uncertain records from Africa require re-examination and confirmation.