Diphascon tenue subsp. sensu Kaczmarek, Michalczyk & Mcinnes, 2015, sensu

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.