Diphascon alpinum Murray, 1906a

Kaczmarek, Łukasz, Michalczyk, Łukasz & Mcinnes, Sandra J., 2015, Annotated zoogeography of non-marine Tardigrada. Part II: South America, Zootaxa 3923 (1), pp. 1-107 : 36-37

81. Diphascon alpinum Murray, 1906a sensu lato [T]

Hypsibius alpinus Murr. 1906 ( Rahm 1931, 1932)

Hypsibius (Diphascon) alpinus (J. Murr., 1906) ( Ramazzotti 1962a)

Hypsibius (Diphascon) alpinus (J. Murray, 1906) ( Ramazzotti 1964a)

Hypsibius (Diphascon) alpinus ( Ramazzotti 1964b)

H. (D.) alpinus (Murr., 1906) ( Claps & Rossi 1981)

Diphascon (Diphascon) alpinum (J. Murray, 1906) ( Rossi & Claps 1989) Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Argentina:

• 41°11′S, 71°49′W; 1,800 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, semi-wet, lichens form rocks and mosses on tree and soil (3 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)

• 41°11′S, 71°49′W; 1,800 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Monte Tronador, lichens form trees (2 samples). Rossi & Claps (1989)

• 41°13′S, 71°30′W; 2,250 m asl: Rio Negro Province, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Cerro Catedral, very wet, mosses on dead wood. Claps & Rossi (1981)

Brazil:

• 23°32′S, 46°38′W; 750 m asl: São Paulo State, neighbourhood of São Paulo, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)

Chile:

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [32 ° 58′S, 71 ° 01′W] 1,900 m asl: Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), La Campana National Park, Cerro El Roble, 45 km. on east of Valparaiso, lichens on rocks and mosses on tree in caudacifolio forest with N. obliqua var macrocarpa and mixed rainforest with Araucaria araucana , Nothofagus obliqua and N. dombeyi . Ramazzotti (1962a)

• 32°58′S, 71°01′W; 1,170–2,130 m asl: Region V Valparaíso (Región de Valparaíso), Cerro El Roble, leaf litter. Ramazzotti (1964a)

• 30°25′S – 37°45′S [37 ° 43′S, 73 ° 02′W], 1,100 m asl: Undefined locality in Region IX Araucania (Región de la Araucanía), Cordillera Nahuelbuta on south of Concepción, lichens on rocks and mosses on tree in caudacifolio forest with N. obliqua var macrocarpa and mixed rainforest with Araucaria araucana , Nothofagus obliqua and N. dombeyi . Ramazzotti (1962a) • 42°37′S, 73°49′W; 50–100 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Chiloé Island, mosses. Ramazzotti (1964b)

Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Brazil: 1, Chile: 4; total: 8.

Remarks: The alpinum group is a complex of very similar species, which are difficult to identify (Pilato & Binda 1998). The nominal species is considered rare and probably Palaearctic (Pilato & Binda 1998). The South American reports probably represent a new, but as yet non-verified species.