Echiniscus meRokensis Richt (Marcus 1928)
Terra typica: Norway (Europe)
?Africa:
• 23°30′N, 12°00′E: Undefined locality, N Africa. Marcus (1928), Rahm (1928)
Algeria:
• 36°53′N, 07°39′E; 800 m asl: Annaba Province, Massif of Eldough [Edough Mountains]. Binda & Pilato (1987)
• 36°40′N, 04°36′E; 1,400 m asl: Tizi Ouzou Province, Akfadou Forest. Binda & Pilato (1987)
• 36°38′N, 05°45′E; 1,200 m asl: Jijel Province, M’Sid-Ech-Cheta (Texenna Pass). Binda & Pilato (1987)
Record numbers. ?Africa: 1, Algeria: 3; total 4.
Remarks. The morphological descriptions of E. merokensis in various reports exhibit a great deal of variation, suggestive of a species complex (see: Ramazzotti & Maucci 1983). However, most of the records (including the type locality) are Holarctic (McInnes 1994), which implies the records from other regions need confirmation.