Arrenurus (Micruracarus) purpureus Smit, 1997

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 : 959

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Arrenurus (Micruracarus) purpureus Smit, 1997
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Arrenurus (Micruracarus) purpureus Smit, 1997

New records — 1/0/0, Eastern Channel Flow, Millstream-Chichester NP, 21°35.394′ S

117°03.900′ E, 29 m asl, 29 Jan. 2019 ; 3/2/0, streams originating from Jirndawurranha Pool,

Millstream-Chichester NP, 21°35.424′ S 117°04.202′ E, 30 Jan. 2019 ; 7/10/0, Fortescue River at crossing with NW Coastal Highway, 21°17.667′ S 116°08.680′ E, 40 m asl, 31 Jan. 2019. Distribution — Known only from Australia, where reported from Western Australia and

Queensland ( Smit 1997, 2002, 2010b).

Smit H. 1997. Australian water mites of the genus Arrenurus, with the description of twelve new species from northern and western Australia (Acari: Hydrachnellae: Arrenuridae). Rec. West. Austr. Mus., 18: 233 - 261.

Smit H. 2002. New records of the water mite Arrenurus from Australia, with description of three new species and one new subspecies (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae). Mem. Queensl. Mus., 48: 221 - 232.

Smit H. 2010 b. Australian Arrenurus (Acari, Hydrachnidia) with the description of eleven new species. Zootaxa, 2541: 1 - 6.