Echiniscidae from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, new records and a new species of Thulin, 1928 (Tardigrada).

Three species of are recorded for the first time from Colombia: , , and . In addition, the description of the new species , is mainly based on the presence of ten paired plus two unpaired granularly sculptured ventral plates, the dorsal plate ornamentation with superficial irregular pores, no spine on the anterior legs, and the hind legs without papillae or dentate collar.