30. Echiniscus pusae Marcus, 1928 [T]

Echiniscus sp. (Murray 1907a)

Echiniscus pusae nom. nov. (Marcus 1928)

Echiniscus pusae Marcus, 1928 (Pilato et al. 2003)

Terra typica: Republic of South Africa (Africa)

Democratic Republic of Congo:

• 01°10′S, 28°28′E; 1,000 m asl: North Kivu Province, outskirts of Mohanga, liverwort ( Plagiochila porelloides). Pilato et al. (2003)

Republic of South Africa:

• 29°44′S, 22°44′E: Type Locality: Undefined locality, Cape Colony [Cape Province]. (Murray 1907a), Marcus (1928) Record numbers. Democratic Republic of Congo: 1, Republic of South Africa: 1; total: 2. Remarks. Only reported from Africa and Indonesia (Lombok) (McInnes 1994); a possible tropical/ subtropical distribution.