Specimens examined: Cerro Otto - under A. chilensis, leaf litter XI- 2006 (10), soil III- 2007 (2).
Remarks: Originally described from Chile. Previously reported from that country [as Oppia pepitensis Hammer] in Tierra del Fuego (Hammer 1962 a) and a subspecies [as Oppia pepitensis brevipectinata Covarrubias] was described from South Shetland Islands (Covarrubias 1968). First record for continental Argentina.