New Species Of Water Mites From New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae) Author Smit, H. text Acarologia 2011 2011-09-23 51 3 321 345 http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20112017 journal article 10.1051/acarologia/20112017 2107-7207 5392556 Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941 Material examined — 4/0, Pool Kampung Loa , Nipsan district , 4°07.835’ S ; 139°38.285’ E , alt. 1663 m a.s.l. , 20-iii-2010 ; 25/0, Pool Kampung Ajamhe , Nipsan district , 4°06.799’ S ; 139°39.230’ E , alt. 1670 m a.s.l. , 22-iii-2010 . Remarks — The specimens from New Guinea are provisionally assigned to L. australica , as adults are difficult to identify. Variation in size and shape of legs segments, as well as genital field is large, and adults of the Indian L. crinita Koenike, 1898 cannot be distinguished from L. australica ( Lundblad 1947 , Cook 1967 ). However, based on larval morphology, Martin and Smit (2002) showed that the two are separate species. I collected at both pools water skaters ( Insecta : Gerridae ), but none were parasitized. Research on the larval morphology is needed to elucidate the status of this species from New Guinea . New for the fauna of New Guinea .