New records of water mites of the family Limnesiidae Thor from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of seven new species
Author
Smit, Harry
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
text
Acarologia
2022
2022-02-07
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https://www1.montpellier.inrae.fr/CBGP/acarologia/article.php?id=4504
journal article
10.24349/yu9v-w0lf
2107-7207
Limnesia
(
Limnesia
)
ekama
Cook, 1986
New records —
Tasmania
. 1/1/0, unnamed creek at crossing of Rosendale Road,
2.5 km
off Tasman Highway, Bicheno,
19 Oct. 1997
; 0/1/0, Betka River at crossing with Stony Creek Road, SW of Genoa,
24 Oct. 1997
.
Victoria
. 2/3/2, Aire River at Aire Crossing, Great Otway Ranges NP,
38°42.190′ S
143°28.536′ E
,
202 m
a.s.l.,
1 Apr. 2008
.
New South Wales
. 0/1/0, tributary of Sawyers Creek, N of Kangaroo Valley,
6 Nov. 2001
.
Queensland
. 0/1/0, Lacey Creek, Mission Beach,
17 Sept. 2000
; 2/2/0, Babinda River, Wooroonooran NP,
17°20.484′ S
145°52.113′ E
,
16 Oct. 2005
; 1/0/0, Tully River at campground, Tully Gorge NP,
17°46.280′ S
145°39.073′ E
,
86 m
a.s.l.,
4 Nov. 2014
.
Distribution
— Previously known from
Tasmania
and
New South Wales
(
Cook 1986
) and reported here for the first time from
Victoria
and
Queensland
.