Australian Arrenurus (Acari, Hydrachnidia) with the description of eleven new species
Author
Smit, Harry
text
Zootaxa
2010
2541
1
26
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.196693
bc71468f-9e9f-49e4-b1f1-9f234f7089cf
1175-5326
196693
Arrenurus (Micruracarus) purpureus
Smit, 1997
Material examined.
Queensland. 24/25/0, Mt. Carbine Dam, Mt. Carbine, 16°
32.019 S
145°
0 7.525 E
,
14 October 2005
; 2/2/0, Rock pool Porcupine Creek, Porcupine Gorge NP, 20°
21.039 S
144°
27.852 E
,
23 October 2005
; 2/15/0, Porcupine Creek, Porcupine Gorge NP, 20°
21.039 S
144°
27.852 E
,
23 October 2005
; 1/0/0, Pandanus Creek, Cathu State Forest, 20°
47.904 S
148°
32.658 E
,
24 October 2005
.
Distribution.
Western
Australia
. Reported here for the first time from Queensland. All specimens from Queensland are green, while the
types
from the Northern Territory were purple (although after some time in Koenike-fluid they have become yellowish).