Limnesia (Limnesia) surroma Cook, 1986

Smit, Harry, 2022, New records of water mites of the family Limnesiidae Thor from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of seven new species, Acarologia 62 (1), pp. 193-222 : 212

Limnesia (Limnesia) surroma Cook, 1986

New records — New South Wales. 0/1/0, Upper Minnamurra River, W of Robertson, 6

Nov. 2001; 1/3/0, Leather Barrel Creek at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36°31.559′ S 148°11.611′ E, 999 m a.s.l., 8 Dec. 2003 ; 1/0/0, Thredbo River at Thredbo Diggers Picnic Area, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36°26.753′ S 148°25.487′ E, 1136 m a.s.l., 8

Dec. 2003; 6/9/1, Swampy Plains River at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36°23.121′ S 148°10.837′ E, 425 m a.s.l., 9 Dec. 2003 ; 1/1/0, Six Mile Creek, SE Forests

NP, 10 Dec. 2003. Victoria. 0/1/0, Eurobin Creek downstream of Mt Buffalo NP entrance, 36°41.745′ S 146°51.453′ E, 293 m a.s.l., 10 Mar. 2008.

Remarks — Cook (1986) stated that “it would not surprise me to have one or no pairs of glandularia incorporated into the anterior dorsal plate and either one, two or three on the posterior plate”. Indeed, the female from the Upper Minnamurra River has the posterior dorsal plate with one pair of glandularia incorporated.

Distribution — Previously known from Victoria only and reported here for the first time for New South Wales.