Gretacarus oldus Cook, 1986

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 : 961

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scientific name	Gretacarus oldus Cook, 1986
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New record — 1/4/0, pool downstream of Circular Pool, Karijini NP, 22°28.646′ S 118°33.773′

E, 601 m asl, 28 Jan. 2019.

Distribution — Previously reported from Queensland and Western Australia ( Cook 1986 ; Smit 2016).

Remarks — Smit (2016) reported the heavy seta of IV-leg-4 with a tooth. In the specimens from this study such a tooth is absent.

References

Cook D. R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Mem. Amer. Entom. Inst., 40: 1 - 568.

Smit H. 2016. The water mite genus Gretacarus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae: Gretacarinae) with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, 4121: 159 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4121.2.5

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Arachnida
Order	Trombidiformes
Family	Mideopsidae
Genus	Gretacarus

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