The water mite genus Procorticacarus K. O. Viets in Australasia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae)
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2015
3956
1
journal volume
10.11646/zootaxa.3956.1.3
e794d6d0-6283-4d6e-82f0-b38c9dbf2db1
1175-5326
241316
C092A5F7-48C0-45D4-8DDD-6DBB543DC5DF
Procorticacarus victorianus
(
K.O. Viets, 1978
)
Material examined. Tasmania
. 3/0/0, Unnamed creek crossing road to Kanunnan Bridge-Couta Rocks, 41º
0 8.142 S
144º
57.003 E
, alt.
50 m
a.s.l.,
22-iii-2008
; 1/0/0, Blackwater Rivulet at crossing with road Kanunnan Bridge-Couta Rocks, 41º
10.006 S
144º
54.801 E
, alt.
132 m
a.s.l.,
22-iii-2008
; 1/0/0, New ton Creek at crossing with road B28, 41º
54.520 S
145º
34.199 E
, alt.
493 m
a.s.l.,
24-iii-2008
.
Victoria
. 3/0/0, Eurobin Creek downstream of Mt Buffalo NP entrance, 36º
41.745 S
146º
51.453 E
, alt.
293 m
a.s.l.,
10-iii-2008
; 23/0/0, Owens River East Branch, Harrietville, 36º
53.563 S
147º
0 3.965 E
, alt.
516 m
a.s.l.,
10-iii-2008
; 1/0/0, Buckland River at Twelve Mile, 36º
51.199 S
146º
51.621 E
, alt.
381 m
a.s.l.,
12-iii-2008
; 4/1/0, Jimmy Creek at campground, Grampians NP, 37º
22.339 S
142º
30.203 E
, alt.
379 m
a.s.l.,
15-iii-2008
; 1/0/0, Scrubby Valley Creek, at Flat Rock Crossing, Grampians NP, 37º
0 9.680 S
142º
26.680 E
, alt.
304 m
a.s.l.,
17-iii-2008
; 2/1/0, Erskine River downstream of falls, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38º
30.426 S
143º
54.823 E
,
31-iii-2008
; 2/1/0, Aire River at crossing with Binns Road, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38º
40.103 S
143º
34.805 E
, alt.
240 m
a.s.l.,
1-iv-2008
.
New South
Wales
. 0/1/0, Snowy River, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
25.836 S
148º
19.303 E
, alt.
1736 m
, a.s.l.,
5-xii-2003
; 0/1/0, Sawpit Creek, at crossing with
Kosciuszko
Road, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
20.984 S
148º
33.818 E
, alt.
1240 m
a.s.l.,
6-xii-2003
; 6/2/0, Creek no. 1 at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
27.758 S
148º
22.926 E
, alt.
1268 m
a.s.l.,
8-xii-2003
; 7/3/0, Thredbo River near Dead Horse Gap, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
31.354 S
148º
15.825 E
, alt.
1589 m
a.s.l.,
8-xii-2003
; 6/9/0, Leather Barrel Creek, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
31.559 S
148º
11.611 E
, alt.
999 m
a.s.l.,
8-xii-2003
; 3/5/0, Thredbo River at Thredbo Diggers Picnic Area, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
26.753 S
148º
25.487 E
, alt.
1136 m
a.s.l.,
8-xii-2003
; 7/5/0, Swampy Plains River at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt
Kosciuszko
NP, 36º
23.121 S
148º
10.837 E
, alt.
425 m
a.s.l.,
9-xii-2003
; 1/0/0,
6-xi-2005
, Hortons Creek at crossing with road Grafton-Armidale, 30º
0 0.006 S
152º
40.952 E
,
6-xi-2005
.
Remarks
. Thus far known from Victoria and New South
Wales
, and here reported for the first time from Tasmania.