Australian Museum Journal New records of hyporheic water mites from Australia, with a description of two new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
- Shortform:
- Smit, 2007, Rec. Aust. Mus. 59(2): 97–116
- Author(s):
- Smit, Harry
- Year published:
- 2007
- Title:
- New records of hyporheic water mites from Australia, with a description of two new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 59
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 97
- End page:
- 116
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.59.2007.1486
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 29 August 2007
- Cover date:
- 29 August 2007
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 29 August 2007
- Available online:
- 29 August 2007
- Reference number:
- 1486
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (41kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (462kb PDF)
Abstract
Twenty-four species, representing 10 families, of hyporheic water mites were collected from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Two new genera, Davidsia n.gen. (Aturidae) and Janszoonia n.gen. (Athienemanniidae), and ten new species, Anisitsiellides fuscatus n.sp. (Anisitsiellidae), Australiobates hyporheicus n.sp. (Hygrobatidae), Koenikea saponaria n.sp. (Unionicolidae), Austraturus crystalensis n.sp., Barwontius setipes n.sp., Davidsia aurita n.sp. (Aturidae), Hesperomomonia similis n.sp., Partidomomonia tertia n.sp. (Momoniidae), Janszoonia difficilis n.sp. (Athienemanniidae) and Arrenurus bunyaensis n.sp. (Arrenuridae) are described. A list is given of all known hyporheic species of Australia. Finally, some considerations are given about the occurrence of hyporheic water mites in Australia.