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CHECKLIST of SWEDISH TARDIGRADES (2015-2016, Ver. 2 CHECKLIST OF SWEDISH TARDIGRADES (2015-2016, Ver. 2: 26-06-2016) ROBERTO GUIDETTI 1, K. INGEMAR JÖNSSON2, REINHARDT M. KRISTENSEN3 1 Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy. Email: [email protected] 2 School of Education and Environment, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden. Email: [email protected] 3 Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Email: [email protected] Introduction This checklist of Swedish tardigrades is based on the publication Guidetti, R., Jönsson, K.I. & Kristensen, R.M. 2015. Tardigrades of Sweden, an updated check-list. Zootaxa, 3981(4): 491– 507, which included 101 species reported from published studies and museum and university collections. The current online checklist is free for all users, but reference to it requires citation also of the original paper. Citation to this checklist should be Guidetti, R., Jönsson, K.I. & Kristensen, R.M. Checklist of Swedish tardigrades. http://www.hkr.se/swedishtardigrades, Accessed date). The checklist will be updated continuously based on new records of tardigrades from Sweden (date of latest update is given in the title). All changes, additions and corrections in comparison to the original paper are written in red font, and changes from the last version of the checklist are marked with yellow background. Please contact us ([email protected]) if you find any mistake or missing data in this checklist. Your help in its improvement is greatly appreciated! We hope that this checklist will inspire students, researchers and others to further explore the tardigrade fauna of Sweden! Acknowledgements We are grateful to the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund for economic support (grant 2013 from Jan Löfqvist donation to KIJ) for this study, to B. Sohlenius and S. Boström for providing information on the tardigrade collection at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, and to P.H. Enckell for information on the study reported by Mihelčič (1971). We have received valuable technical assistance from L. Pavesi to make an electronically database for the Thulin collection at Natural History Museum of Denmark, and she has also provided all the slides TAR ZMUC numbers for further investigation. The study of the ZMUC-collection in Copenhagen by RG was supported by a grant from the European Commission’s (FP6) Integrated Infrastructure Initiative programme SYNTHESYS (DK- TAF) in 2014. 1 Genus Species Authority Province Reference HETEROTARDIGRADA ARTHROTARDIGRADA Batillipedidae Willems et al. 2009 Batillipes cf. bullacaudatus Bo Karling 1954; (Richters, Bo, Go, Ha, Batillipes mirus Willems et al. 2009 1909) Sk (ZMUC) Halechiniscidae Styraconyxinae (Renaud- Raiarctus aureolatus Bo Willems et al. 2009 Mornant, 1981) Tanarctinae doryphorus Actinarctus (Schulz, 1935) Bo Willems et al. 2009 doryphorus (Renaud- Tanarctus gracilis Bo Willems et al. 2009 Mornant, 1980) ECHINISCOIDEA Echiniscoididae Carlzon 1909; Echiniscoides sigismundi (Schultze, Bo, Ha Willems et al. 2009 sigismundi 1865) (ZMUC) Echiniscidae Bryochoerus intermedius (Murray, 1910) Go, La Thulin 1911 (ZMUC) Jørgensen et al. 2011 Bryodelphax parvulus (Thulin, 1928) Go, Öl (ZMUC) Richters 1904b; (Richters, Diploechiniscus oihonnae Vg, Sö, Sk Carlzon 1909 1903) (ZMUC) (Ehrenberg, Bo, Up Richters 1904b; Echiniscus arctomys 1853) Carlzon 1909 (Richters, Sk, Öl, Up, Echiniscus blumi Thulin 1911 (SMNH) 1903) La Echiniscus filamentosus (Plate, 1888) Vg Richters 1904b Echiniscus granulatus (Doyère, 1840) Up Thulin 1911 (SMNH) Echiniscus lapponicus (Thulin, 1911) La* Thulin 1911 (SMNH) (Richters, Echiniscus merokensis Go, La (ZMUC) 1904a) Thulin 1911; Durante Echiniscus merokensis (Richters, La, Up Pasa & Maucci 1979 merokensis** 1904a) (SMNH; MC) Echiniscus merokensis La*, Sk*, Thulin 1911 (ZMUC; (Thulin, 1911) suecicus** Go* MC) 2 Echiniscus pusae (Marcus, 1928) Go (ZMUC) Richters 1904b; (Richters, Vg, Up, Sm, Echiniscus quadrispinosus Carlzon 1909 1902) Sk (ZMUC) Richters 1904b; (Richters, Echiniscus spiniger Go*, Öl Jönsson 2007; Guil et 1904b) al. 2013 (ZMUC) Echiniscus testudo (Doyère, 1840) Go Richters 1904b Echiniscus trisetosus (Cuénot, 1932) Up (SMNH) (Richters, Thulin 1911 (ZMUC; Echiniscus wendti La 1903) SMNH) Jørgensen et al. 2011 Parechiniscus chitonides (Cuénot, 1926) Öl, Go (ZMUC) Thulin 1911, Durante (Ehrenberg, Sk, La, Up, Pseudechiniscus suillus Pasa & Maucci 1979 1853) Öl, Sm, Go (ZMUC; MC) Durante Pasa & Pseudechiniscus suillus/facettalis** Gä Maucci 1979 (MC) (Scourfield, Testechiniscus spitsbergensis Öl, La (ZMUC) 1897) EUTARDIGRADA APOCHELA Milnesiidae Milnesium cf. asiaticum Öl Nilsson et al. 2013 Richters 1904b; Bo, Go, Vä, Carlzon 1909; Thulin Milnesium tardigradum (Doyère, 1840) Vg, Vl, Up, 1911; Durante Pasa & Sk, Da, Sm, Maucci 1979; Jönsson Ha, Me, Ån, 2003; Nilsson et al. Gä, Bl, La 2013 (ZMUC; SMNH; MC) PARACHELA Eohypsibioidea Eohypsibiidae (Hansen, Kristensen, Hansen et al. 2016 Bertolanius birnae La Bertolani & (ZMUC) Guidetti, 2016) (Węglarska, Bertolanius smreczynskii La (ZMUC) 1970) Hypsibioidea Calohypsibiidae Carlzon 1909; Thulin (Richters, Up, Vl, La, Calohypsibius ornatus 1911; Durante Pasa & 1900) Sk, Sm Maucci 1979 (ZMUC; MC) 3 (Richters, La, Öl, Bo, Thulin 1911 (ZMUC) Calohypsibius verrucosus 1900) Sm Hypsibiidae Diphasconinae Ha, Me, Up, Durante Pasa & Diphascon alpinum (Murray, 1906) Gä, Sö, Ös, Maucci 1979 (MC) Sm, Vä Sk, Bl, Vl, Thulin 1911 (ZMUC; Diphascon chilenense (Plate, 1888) Up, La, Gä, SMNH) Go Bl, Up, Sm, Jönsson 2003 Diphascon pingue (Marcus, 1936) Sk (ZMUC; SMNH) Durante Pasa & Diphascon tenue (Thulin, 1928) Vä Maucci 1979 (MC) Hypsibiinae (Murray, Hypsibius arcticus Go (ZMUC) 1907a) Mihelčič 1971; Sk, Bl, La, Hypsibius convergens (Urbanowicz, Durante Pasa & Gä, Sö, Up, 1925) Maucci 1979 (ZMUC; Go, Sm SMNH; MC) Sö, Bo, Sk, Carlzon 1909; Thulin Hypsibius dujardini (Doyère, 1840) La, Nä, Da, 1911; Mihelčič 1971 Go, Up (ZMUC; SMNH) Sk*, Sm*, Thulin 1928; Durante Hypsibius microps (Thulin, 1928) Bo*, No, Pasa & Maucci 1979 Ån, Me, Hä, (ZMUC; SMNH; Up MC) Thulin 1911; Durante Sk*Vl*, Vä, Hypsibius pallidus (Thulin, 1911) Pasa & Maucci 1979; Sö*, La*, Maucci 1980 (ZMUC; No, Me, Gä, SMNH; MC) Up, Ös, Sm Itaquasconinae Adropion arduifrons (Thulin, 1928) La* Thulin 1928 (Richters, Jönsson 2003 Adropion belgicae Bl, La 1911) (SMNH) Thulin 1928; Durante Sm*, Ån; Adropion prorsirostre (Thulin, 1928) Pasa & Maucci 1979; Ös, Sö, Bl Jönsson 2003 (SMNH; MC) Carlzon 1909; Thulin Bo, Sk, Da, 1911; Durante Pasa & Adropion scoticum (Murray, 1905) Vl, La, Me, Maucci 1979; Ös, Up, Gä, Sohlenius et al. 1997; Sm, Bl Jönsson 2003 (SMNH; MC) Adropion scoticum Vl*, Vg* Thulin 1911 (ZMUC; (Thulin, 1911) ommatophorum SMNH) Astatumen sp.** Bl Jönsson 2003 4 (Mihelčič, Up* Mihelčič 1971-72 Itaquascon enckelli 1971-72) (Węglarska, Vä Durante Pasa & Itaquascon pawlowskii 1973) Maucci 1979 (MC) Ån, Sö, Up Durante Pasa & Itaquascon placophorum (Maucci, 1973) Maucci 1979 (MC) Thulin 1911; Durante Sm, Da, La, Pasa & Maucci 1979; Mesocrista spitzbergensis (Richters, Ån, Gä, Sk, Sohlenius et al. 1997; 1903) Up, Bl Jönsson 2003 (ZMUC; SMNH; MC) Jönsson 2003 Platicrista angustata (Murray, 1905) Bl, Up, Sm (SMNH) (Durante Pasa Durante Pasa & Platicrista itaquasconoide & Maucci, Ös*, Up* Maucci 1975 (MC) 1975) Pilatobiinae Pilatobius bullatus (Murray, 1905) La (ZMUC) Thulin 1911; Jönsson Vl, La, Bl, Pilatobius oculatus (Murray, 1906) 2003 (ZMUC; Up, Sm SMNH) Durante Pasa & (Richters, Pilatobius recamieri Ha, La Maucci 1979 (ZMUC; 1911) MC) Sö, Go, Up, Pilatobius rugosus (Bartoš, 1935) (SMNH) Sm Microhypsibiidae Fractonotus caelatus (Marcus, 1928) Up Maucci 1980 Ramazzottiidae Vl*, La*, Thulin 1911 (ZMUC; Hebesuncus conjungens (Thulin, 1911) Gä SMNH) Richters 1904b; Vl, Vg, Up, Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri (Doyère, 1840) Carlzon 1909; Thulin Bo, Sk, La, 1911; Durante Pasa & Gä, Ös, Sm, Maucci 1979 (ZMUC; Öl SMNH; MC) Isohypsibioidea Isohypsibiidae (Kristensen, Halobiotus crispae Bo Willems et al. 2009 1982) (Richters, Halobiotus stenostomus Bo Willems et al. 2009 1908) Carlzon 1909 Isohypsibius cf. annulatus Up, Sk (ZMUC) (Durante & Durante Pasa & Isohypsibius basalovoi Me Maucci, 1973) Maucci 1979 (MC) (Mihelčič, Mihelčič 1971, 1971- Isohypsibius fuscus Sk* 1971-72) 72 5 (Durante Pasa Durante Pasa & Isohypsibius glaber & Maucci, No* Maucci 1979 (MC) 1979) Thulin 1928 (ZMUC; Isohypsibius granulifer (Thulin, 1928) Sk*, Sö SMNH) Durante Pasa & Isohypsibius helenae (Iharos, 1964) Vm, Sm Maucci 1979 (MC) (Murray, Isohypsibius indicus Sk (ZMUC) 1907b) Durante Pasa & Isohypsibius lunulatus (Iharos, 1966) Ån, Gä Maucci 1979 (MC) (Durante Pasa Durante Pasa & Isohypsibius neoundulatus & Maucci, Up* Maucci 1975, 1979 1975) (MC) Mihelčič 1971; Go, Sk, Bl, Isohypsibius prosostomus (Thulin, 1928) Jönsson 2003 Ös, Nä, Da, (ZMUC; SMNH) Up, La, Mihelčič 1971, 1971- (Mihelčič, Isohypsibius pulcher La*, Sk 72 1971-1972) Thulin 1911; Jönsson Sk, La, Bl, Isohypsibius sattleri (Richters, 2003 (ZMUC; Sö, Up, Go, 1902) SMNH) Sm (Richters, Isohypsibius schaudinni Sk (ZMUC) 1909) Isohypsibius septentrionalis (Thulin, 1928) La* (ZMUC) (Richters, Isohypsibius tetradactyloides Sö, Sk (ZMUC; SMNH) 1907) Sk, Sö, La, Isohypsibius tuberculatus (Plate, 1888) Thulin 1911 (SMNH) Up, Go, Sm Thulin 1928; Durante Isohypsibius undulatus (Thulin, 1928) Sk*, Sm*, Pasa & Maucci 1975, Up 1979; Maucci 1980 (ZMUC; MC) Vä, Vl, Vg, Thulinius augusti (Murray, Sm, Sk, Bl, Mihelčič 1971 1907c)
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