Diphascon (Diphascon) patanei Binda & Pilato, 1971

Diphascon (Diphascon) patanei Binda & Pilato, 1971 View in CoL

Material examined: Two specimens (body length 127.2 and 204.5 µm) collected from a moss sample at Parque Biológico (Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia) were mounted in Hoyer’s medium.

Distribution: The species was recorded from various localities of the Mediterranean region ( Italy, Turkey) and from North America.

Taxa Reported by Localities by District Year HETEROTARDIGRADA

Echiniscus trisetosus Cuénot, 1932 Da View in CoL Cunha Viana do Castelo, Castelo Branco 1947a Maucci & Durante-Pasa Portalegre, Guarda 1984a Maucci & Durante-Pasa Bragança, Évora 1984c Hypechiniscus gladiator ( Murray, 1905) Da View in CoL Cunha Viana do Castelo 1947b Pseudechiniscus suillus ( Ehrenberg, 1853) Da View in CoL Cunha Porto, Guarda, Coimbra, Castelo

Branco 1941 Fontoura Viseu 1944a Maucci & Durante-Pasa Braga 1981 Viana do Castelo, Vila Real,

Portalegre, Évora 1984c Isohypsibius prosostomus Thulin, 1928 Da Cunha Castelo Branco 1948 Maucci & Durante-Pasa Guarda 1984a Vila Real 1984c Fontoura et al. Porto this paper Isohypsibius sattleri ( Richters, 1902) Da Cunha Coimbra 1947a Hypsibius camelopardalis Ramazzotti & Ramazzotti & Maucci Portalegre 1983 Maucci 1983*

Hypsibius convergens ( Urbanowicz, 1925) Da View in CoL Cunha Coimbra, Aveiro 1941 Maucci & Durante-Pasa Porto, Viseu 1984c Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri ( Doyère, 1840) Da View in CoL Cunha Aveiro, Portalegre 1941 Fontoura Porto, Vila Real, Leiria 1981 Braga 1982 Maucci & Durante-Pasa Guarda 1984a Bragança, Viseu, Faro 1984c Diphascon (Adropion) prorsirostre Thulin, Maucci & Durante-Pasa Viseu 1984c View in CoL 1928

After this study, 63 limno-terrestrial tardigrade species are recorded for Portugal, including 10 described as new species to science ( Table 5 View TABLE 5 ). However, some records needs to be confirmed. Eventual mis-identifications, already stressed by Maucci & Durante-Pasa (1984c), could have occurred. Macrobiotus echinogenitus Richters, 1904 View in CoL was probably confused with M. harmsworthi Murray, 1907 View in CoL a. Da Cunha (1941) described the observed specimens attributed to that species as having three macroplacoids instead of two. Some years later and without other comments, Da Cunha (1947b) reported the presence of the species in other Portuguese stations. The first records of Macrobiotus harmsworthi View in CoL and M. richtersi Murray 1911 View in CoL are also doubtful because Da Cunha (1948) reported the synonym name M. schultzei Greeff, 1866 . Fortunately, both species have been recorded in Portugal some years later ( Fontoura, 1981). Echiniscus bisetosus Heinis, 1908 View in CoL , according to Maucci (1985), is not a valid species and the specimens attributable to this species belong to other species of the blumi View in CoL group ( E. blumi Richters, 1903 View in CoL ; E. canadensis Murray, 1910 View in CoL ; E. mediantus Marcus, 1930 View in CoL ; E. trisetosus Cuénot, 1932 View in CoL ), all of them already recorded in Portugal. According to Binda & Guglielmino (1982) Echiniscus bisetosus View in CoL , and other elements of the series blumi-canadensis have probably to be attributed to E. blumi View in CoL . Very probably, Bryodelphax tatrensis ( Węglarska, 1959) View in CoL is present in Portugal (the description and pictures of Bryodelphax parvulus Thulin, 1928 View in CoL presented by Da Cunha (1941) seems to match with B. tatrensis View in CoL ). If so, the first Portuguese record of B. parvulus View in CoL must be attributed to Maucci & Durante- Pasa (1984c). On the other hand, Table 5 View TABLE 5 also shows that some Districts are very poorly surveyed and the number of Portuguese species will be probably much higher.