Echiniscus madonnae sp. nov. (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006)
Terra typica: Chile (South America)
Chile:
• 09° 30 ′S, 77 ° 26 ′W; 4,000 m asl: Type Locality: Ancash Region, near Huaraz, mosses on rocks (4 samples). Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2006 a)
Colombia:
• 11 °06′20.0′′N, 74 °03′56.4′′W; 2,284 m asl: Magdalena Department, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, between La Tagua and Cuchilla de San Lorenzo, sub-Andean forest, lichen on tree (Pine). Lisi et al. (2014)
Record numbers: Chile: 1, Colombia: 1; total: 2.
Remarks: This bona fida species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and could easily be mistaken for other group members (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006 a, 2007). See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above. This species currently known only from Chile and Colombia.