Echiniscus ollantaytamboensis nov. sp. (Nickel et al. 2001)
Terra typica: Peru (South America)
Peru:
• 13 °08′ 24 ′′S, 72 ° 10 ′ 12 ′′W; 2,300 m asl [13 ° 15 ′S, 72 ° 16 ′W; 2,850 m asl]: Type Locality: Cusco Region, Ollantaytambo, lichen on stonewall. Nickel et al. (2001)
• 13 ° 25 ′S, 71 ° 51 ′W, 3,000 m asl: Cusco Region, Pisac near Cusco, mixed mosses and lichens on rock. Kaczmarek et al. (2014 b)
• 15 ° 50 ′S, 70 °01′W; 2,600 m asl [3,850 m asl]: Puno Region, Puno, lichen. Michalczyk & Kaczmarek (2006 a)
Record numbers: Peru: 3; total: 3.
Remarks: The species belongs to a Neotropical and Antarctic bigranulatus group and can easily be mistaken for other members of the group (Michalczyk & Kaczmarek 2006 a, 2007). It is currently endemic to Peru. See also remarks to E. bigranulatus above.