Testechiniscus spitsbergensis subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu

69. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897) sensu lato [T] E. (E.) spitsbergenst Scourfield, 1897 (Claps & Rossi 1981) Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen) (Norway, Arctic Ocean) Argentina: • 43 ° 10 ′S, 71 ° 36 ′W; 350 m asl: Chubut Province, Rio Futaleufú, dry, mosses on rocks in the...

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Main Authors: Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz, Mcinnes, Sandra J.
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Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5687952
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687952
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Summary:69. Testechiniscus spitsbergensis (Scourfield, 1897) sensu lato [T] E. (E.) spitsbergenst Scourfield, 1897 (Claps & Rossi 1981) Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen) (Norway, Arctic Ocean) Argentina: • 43 ° 10 ′S, 71 ° 36 ′W; 350 m asl: Chubut Province, Rio Futaleufú, dry, mosses on rocks in the forest. Claps & Rossi (1981) • 48 ° 47 ′S, 69 ° 11 ′W: Undefined locality, Santa Cruz Province, Valle de la Florida, lichens on soil and mosses on rocks (2 samples). Rossi & Claps (1989) Record numbers: Argentina: 2; total: 2. Remarks: With the exception of the Argentine records, this species has a Holarctic distribution (McInnes 1994 a); so we suggest that the records from South America should be re-examined. Published as part of Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, pp. 1-107 in Zootaxa 3923 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3923.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/241936