Diphascon tenue Thulin, 1928 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 : 39

88. Diphascon tenue Thulin, 1928 sensu lato [T]

D. (D.) tenue ( Thulin, 1928) ( Rossi & Claps 1989)

Diphascon tenue Thulin, 1928 ( Rossi et al. 2009)

Terra typica: Faroe Islands ( Denmark, Atlantic Ocean)

Argentina:

• 38°53′S, 71°13′W; 1,300 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Villa Pehuenia, Moquehue Lake, moss on soil. Rossi et al. (2009)

• 39°12′S, 70°55′W; 900 m asl: Neuquén Province, Aluminé, Rucachoroi Lake, lichen on tree. Rossi et al. (2009)

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

Record numbers: Argentina: 3; total: 3.

Remarks: This largely Palaearctic member of the alpinum –species group ( McInnes 1994a) may, in Argentina, represent a new species or belong to one of the other reported South America species ( D. (D.) alpinum , D. (D.) chilenense and D. (D.) stappersi ). This South American record requires confirmation.