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 Australiobates (Australiobates) reticuloides Wiles, 1997 Material examined — 1/1/0, Bion River , Pass Valley , 3°51.267’ S ; 139°05.789’ E , alt. 1955 m a.s.l. , 11-iii-2010 ; 3/0/0, Musaik stream, Pass Valley , 3°50.912’ S ; 139°05.775’ E , alt. 2010 m a.s.l. , 12- iii-2010 ; 0/1/0, Uwe River , Wamena , 4°06.521’ S ; 138°56.310’ E , alt. 1668 m a.s.l. , 24-iii-2010 ; 1/0/0, Unnamed creek uphill of Wamena , along road to Lake Habbema , 4°07.285’ S ; 138°53.146’ E , alt. 2034 m a.s.l. , 25-iii-2010 . Remarks — The species has been reported previously from Papua New Guinea and Papua province (" Irian Jaya "), Indonesia ( Wiles 1997a ). The species has a variable idiosoma pattern. In most species the idiosoma has a distinct reticulate pattern, but in some specimens only a coarse lineation is visible.