E. (E.) wendti Richters, 1903 (Claps & Rossi 1981)
Echiniscus Wendti ? var. (Richters 1911 a)
Echiniscus Wendti (Richters 1911 b)
Terra typica: Svalbard (Spitsbergen) (Norway, Arctic Ocean)
Argentina:
• 42 ° 50 ′S, 71 ° 42 ′W; 500 m asl: Chubut Province, Futalaufquen Lake, dry, mosses and lichens on rocks in the mountains and trees (3 samples). Claps & Rossi (1981)
• 50 ° 18 ′S, 72 ° 48 ′W; 200 m asl: Santa Cruz Province, shores of Argentino Lake, La Bandera [Puerto Bandera] near El Calafate, lichens on rocks, in full sunlight. Maucci (1988)
• 54 ° 39 ′S, 68 ° 30 ′W; 800 m asl: Tierra del Fuego Province, National Park Ushuaia [Tierra del Fuego National Park], soil. Iharos (1982)
Chile:
• 41 ° 19 ′S, 72 ° 58 ′W; 50 m asl: Region X Los Lagos (Región de Los Lagos), Puerto Varas and Cayutué, mosses. Rahm (1931, 1932)
• 50 ° 59 ′S, 73 °00′W; 1,200 m asl: Region XII Magallanes (Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena), Torres del Paine National Park, mosses on trees and rocks, nearly all in half sunlight. Maucci (1988)
Colombia:
• 05° 12 ′N, 74 ° 44 ′W; 200 m asl: Tolima Department, Honda near Magdalena river, moss. Richters (1911 a, b)
Record numbers: Argentina: 3, Chile: 2, Colombia: 1; total: 6.
Remarks: This arctomys group species is largely Holarctic (McInnes 1994 a), the Neotropical records should be reexamined to confirm the species (see also remarks for E. arctomys above).