Diphascon pingue ( Marcus, 1936 ) sensu

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 38

86. Diphascon pingue ( Marcus, 1936) sensu lato [T]

H. (D.) pinguis Marcus, 1936 (du Bois-Reymond Marcus 1944)

Hypsibius pinguis Marcus ( Iharos 1963)

Diphascon pinguis Marcus, 1936 ( Claps & Rossi 1984)

D. (D.) pingue Marcus, 1936 ( Rossi & Claps 1989)

Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue ( Marcus, 1936) ( Garitano-Zavala 1995) D. (D.) pingue ( Garitano-Zavala 1996)

Diphascon pingue ( Marcus, 1936) ( Pilato et al. 2003a)

Terra typica: Germany (Europe)

Argentina:

• 24°07′S, 65°24′W; 1,450 m asl: Jujuy Province, road to Yala, moss on tree. Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 26°47′S, 65°20′W; 750 m asl: Tucumán Province, Horco Molle, mosses on tree and soil (2 samples). Claps & Rossi (1984)

• 41°11′S, 714°9′W; 1,800 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, lichens form tree. Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 41°59′S, 71°34′W; 300 m asl: Rio Negro Province, El Bolsón, Valley of Rio Azul, mosses on decaying tree trunks in Nothofagus dombeyi grove. Iharos (1963)

Bolivia:

• 16°13'S, 68°13'W; 4,550–4,700 m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, Tuni, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

• 16°20'S, 68°23'W; 4,650–4,700m asl: La Paz Department, Cordillera de la Real de los Andes, La Cumbre, subnival floor, cushion moss. Garitano-Zavala (1995, 1996)

Brazil:

• 22°44′S, 45°35′W; 1,650 m asl: São Paulo State, Campos do Jordão, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

• 23°35′S, 46°41′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, near Itaím, mosses or aquatic plants. du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1944)

Ecuador:

• 00°54′N, 78°33′W; 800 m asl: Esmeraldas Province, Alto Tambo, liverwort ( Plagiochila punctata ). Pilato et al. (2003a)

Record numbers: Argentina: 4, Bolivia: 2, Brazil: 2, Ecuador: 1; total: 9.

Remarks: The pingue group is a complex of similar species (Pilato & Binda 1998, 1999, see Fontoura & Pilato (2007) for diagnostic key). Diphascon pingue sensu lato was believed to be cosmopolitan ( McInnes 1994a), but the recent group revision suggests the nominal species has probably Holarctic distribution (Pilato & Binda 1998, 1999), so the presence Diphascon pingue sensu stricto in South America is questionable and requires verification.