Oxus (Oxus) meridianus Lundblad, 1947

Orginal, Harry Smit, 2021, The water mites of Western Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of 13 new species, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 928-966 : 936

Oxus (Oxus) meridianus Lundblad, 1947

New records — 16/2, Denmark River at crossing with Churchill Road, 34°53.758′ S 117°21.122′ E, 46 m asl, 4 Feb. 2019 ; 1/1, Rowell’s Pool, Mount Frankland South NP, 34°49.120′ S 116°35.657′ E, 34 m asl, 6 Feb. 2019 ; 23/4, Styx River at crossing with Fernley

Road, Denham, 34°53.056′ S 117°06.266′ E, 43 m asl, 6 Feb. 2019 ; 16/5, Glenoran Pool, W

of Glenoran, 34°12.979′ S 115°56.436′ E, 160 m asl, 8 Feb. 2019 ; 5/1, Workers Pool, St John

Brook Conservation Park, 33°57.226′ S 115°41.207′ E, 43 m asl, 8 Feb. 2019 ; 14/1, Lane Pool

Falls, 34°41.700′ S 116°15.431′ E, 65 m asl, 9 Feb. 2019 ; 5/0, Five Nile Brook, at crossing with Duck Ponti Road, Pemberton – Greater Beedelup NP, 34°21.760′ S 115°57.500′ E, 190 m asl,

10 Feb. 2019 ; 2/0, Boodjidup Brook at crossing with Cave Road, 34°00.693′ S 115°01.727′ E, 12 m asl, 12 Feb. 2019.

Distribution — Known previously from Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland ( Smit 1992, Harvey 1998a), and reported here for the first time from Western Australia.