A review of the oribatid mite family Nothridae in Australia, with new species of Novonothrus and Trichonothrus from rain forest and their Gondwanan biogeographical affinities (Acari: Oribatida)
Author
Colloff, Matthew J.
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Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.204042
4736e975-027c-4657-8cbd-26f70ce2b748
1175-5326
204042
Nothrus anauniensis
Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876
Material examined.
Two nymphs,
14 females
,
ANIC
345, rain forest, Mount Tiptree,
17°03'13"S
,
145°37'57"E
,
730 m
.
, coll. R.W. Taylor & J.E. Feehan,
29.vi.1971
. Six nymphs, two females,
ANIC
430, rain forest, Eacham National Park, Queensland.
17°17'24"S
145°37'38"E
,
760 m
.
, coll. R.W. Taylor,
1–7.iv.1973
. Three females,
ANIC
538, rain forest, Byfield, Queensland,
22°51'S
150°39'E
,
60 m
.
, coll R.W. Taylor & T.A. Weir,
26.x.1976
. One female, terricolous moss on creek bank, Wilsons Creek, The Pocket Road, Main Arm, near Mullumbimby, New South
Wales
,
28°30'16"S
,
153°27'3"E
,
65 m
.
, coll. M.J. Colloff,
4.xi.2009
. Five females, moss, Point Perpendicular, Beecroft Peninsula, New South
Wales
,
35°05'35"S
150°48'24"E
, coll. P. Greenslade,
21.iii.1995
. One female, Howden trap, pasture, Illawong Cattle Stud, near Broulee,
25 km
south of Batemans Bay, New South
Wales
,
35°51'S
,
150°09'E
,
25 m
.
, coll. S. Runko,
23.vii.1981
. Four nymphs, five females,
ANIC
104, Middlegate Road,
Norfolk Island
,
29°02'40"S
167°57'42"E
,
130 m
.
, coll. M.S. Upton,
9.vii.1968
. Twelve nymphs,
13 females
,
ANIC
112,
Eucalyptus
forest, Mount Pitt,
Norfolk Island
,
29°01'32"S
167°56'16"E
,
100 m
.
, coll.
17.vii.1968
. Nine nymphs,
12 females
,
ANIC
954, litter, African olive (
Olea europaea
ssp.
cuspidate
), Red Road Valley, Phillip Island off
Norfolk Island
,
29°07'18"S
167°57'03"E
, coll. J.E. Feehan,
28.iii.1984
. Two nymphs, three females,
ANIC
957, red guava (
Pisidium cattleianum
var.
cattleianum
) and pine (
Araucaria heterophylla
) area, near Highland Guesthouse,
Norfolk Island
,
29°01'26"S
167°57'05"E
, coll. J.E. Feehan,
24.iii.1984
. Five females,
ANIC
958, palms and ferns area,
Norfolk Island
National Park,
29°01'09"S
167°56'32"E
, coll. J.E. Feehan,
25.iii.1984
.
Remarks.
The specimens from Queensland and New South
Wales
are very close morphologically to the supplementary description of
N. anauniensis
by
Olszanowski (1996)
. This species was recorded from
Australia
by
Palmer & Norton (1991)
; ex: litter of Creeping Boobialla,
Myoporum parvifolium
, Windsor Gardens, Adelaide
, South
Australia
,
34°52'35"S
,
138°38'50"E
, ca.
50 m
.
, coll. D. Hirst,
7.ix.1987
(R.A. Norton, personal communication, 2011).