Diplodontus haliki Lundblad, 1947

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2023, New records of the water mite family Hydryphantidae Piersig from Australia with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 981-997 : 983

Diplodontus haliki Lundblad, 1947

Material examined— Tasmania. 0/1/0, Old river branch Coal River, N of Richmond, 17 Oct. 1997 ; 1/0/0, Little Waterhouse Lake, Waterhouse Protected Area, 21 Oct. 1997. Victoria. 1/0/0, Pond 3 km N of Chiltern, 9 Oct. 1997. New South Wales. 0/1/0, Moonmerri Creek, Nymboi-Binderay NP, 30°11.406′S 152°41.436′E, 446 m a.s.l., 9 Nov. 2003. Queensland. 1/0/0, South Mimosa Creek, Blackdown Tablelands NP, 23°47.714′S 149°04.270′E, 802 m

a.s.l., 27 Oct. 2005 ; 5/1/1, Yabba Creek at Peach Trees Campground, Jimna, 26°38.251′S 152°26.924′E, 465 m a.s.l., 2 Nov. 2005 ; 0/2/0, West Gap Creek behind camping area, Main Range NP, 17 Nov. 2003 ; 0/1/0, West Gap Creek at Cunningham Picnic Area, Main Range NP, 28°03.239′S 152°22.736′E, 687 m a.s.l., 21 Nov. 2014 ; 1/0/0, Sandy Creek, W of Maleny, 26°42.241′S 152°41.120′E, 115 m a.s.l., 1 Dec. 2014.

Distribution — Previously reported from Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia ( Harvey 1998) and here reported for the first time from Queensland. Furthermore, known from Papua New Guinea ( Wiles 1997).