24. Echiniscus mediantus Marcus, 1930 [T]

E. mediantus (Ramløv & Kristensen 1985)

Terra typica: Scotland (Europe)

Morocco:

33°04′N, 05°00′W; 2,000 m asl [2,100 m asl]: Meknès-Tafilalet Region, near Aguelmane de Si-Ali (Col du Zad) [Aguelmame Sidi Ali lake], scattered basalt blocks (lava field) lying on the shores of the lake, mosses taken on basalt blocks. Ramløv & Kristensen (1985)

Record numbers. Morocco: 1; total: 1.

Remarks. With reports mainly from Europe, Greenland and Morocco (McInnes 1994), this species has a Palaearctic distribution.