Table 1 in Convergent evolution of dark, ultraviolet-absorbing cuticular pigmentation in a new Afro-Oriental Echiniscus brunus species complex (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae)

Table 1. List of newly found populations analysed in the present study. Types of analyses: DNA, DNA sequencing; LCM, imaging and morphometry of individuals and exuviae in PCM/NCM/UVM; SEM, imaging by SEM. The number in each analysis indicates how many specimens were used in a given method (f, adult females; j, juveniles; l, larvae; v, exuviae; numbers of vouchers fixed on permanent slides are given in parentheses).
SpeciesSampleCoordinatesLocalitySample typeCollectorAnalysescodealtitudeLCMSEMDNAEchiniscus aff.IN.29510°08ʹ27″N, 77°05ʹ42″EAsia, India, Kerala, Idukki, Kannan Devanmoss + lichen from stonePritam K. Dey1f––brunus a1898 m a.s.l.HillsEchiniscus brunusIN.39111°24ʹ55″N, 76°47ʹ35″EAsia, India, Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris, Kothagirilichen from stonePritam K. Dey14f + 1v + 9j + 3l20f3(3)fsp. nov.2110 m a.s.l.EchiniscusIN.39611°24ʹ36″N,Asia, India, Tamil Nadu,moss + lichenPritam2f + 1j1f4(2)faff.76°46ʹ11″ENilgiris, Kothagirifrom stoneK. Deybrunus2184 m a.s.l.sp. can. 1Echiniscus aff.TZ.0307°49ʹ25″S, 36°49ʹ32″EAfrica, Tanzania, Morogoro Region,moss from sun-exposedThomas Pape1f + 1j––brunus~2050 m a.s.l.Udzungwa Mountains,bedrocksp. can. 2Mwanihana PeakTZ.0767°49ʹ27″S, 36°49ʹ32″EAfrica, Tanzania, Morogoro Region,lichen from sun-exposedThomas Pape––1(1)f + 1(1)j2100 m a.s.l.Udzungwa Mountains,bedrockMwanihana Peak
aWith no DNA data available for this population,this is an uncertain conspecificity with Echiniscus brunus sp. nov. or Echiniscus aff. brunus sp.can.1 or with another new cryptic species of the E.brunus complex.