Limnesia (Limnesia) maceripalpis K.O. Viets, 1975

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 : 202

Limnesia (Limnesia) maceripalpis K.O. Viets, 1975

New records — New South Wales. 6/5/0, Lake Ainsworth, N of Ballina, 28°47.053′ S 153°35.569′ E, 8 Nov. 2005. Queensland. 1/0/1, Cockatoo Creek, Cape York Peninsula, 11°39′2.31” S 142°27′29.59” E, 11 Sept. 2000 ; 2/2/0, Twin Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11

Sept. 2000; 0/1/0, Lacey Creek, Mission Beach, 17 Sept. 2000 ; 0/0/1, Waterfall Creek, Mt Walsh NP, 25°38.422′ S 152°05.363′ E, 197 m a.s.l., 1 Nov. 2005 ; 3/0/5, Mango Lagoon, Oyala Thumotang NP, 13°37.838; S 142°34.627′ E, 73 m a.s.l., 24 Oct. 2014 ; 5/1/0, Elliot Creek at Fruit Bat Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11°26.370′ S 142°26.086′ E, 72 m a.s.l., 19 Oct. 2014 ; 0/1/03, Canal Creek at Twin Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11°22.976′ S 142°24.788′ E, 54 m a.s.l., 20 Oct. 2014 ; 2/0/1, Jacky Jacky Creek, Jardine River NP, 11°01.381′ S 142°23.277′ E, 16 m a.s.l., 22 Oct. 2014 ; 6/4/10, Alligator Creek, pool, upstream, Bowling Green Bay NP, 19°26.740′ S 146°58.471′ E, 79 m a.s.l., 11 Nov. 2014. Northern Territory. 0/0/1, Walker Creek, Litchfield NP, 13°04.694′ S 130°41.929′ E, 161 m a.s.l., 25 Sept. 2005 ; 4/4/0, Plunge pool Edith Falls, Nitmiluk NP, 14°10.899′ S 132°11.342′ E, 149 m a.s.l., 2 Oct. 2005. Western Australia. 1/2/0, Cockatoo Creek at crossing with Great Northern Highway, 8 Sept. 1998 ; 2/0/2, pools 3 km from Lennard Gorge, the Kimberley, 10 Sept. 1998 ; 27/14/7, pool Lennard Gorge, the Kimberley, 10 Sept. 1998 ; 8/2/0, pool Silent Grove Spring, the Kimberley, 11 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, pool Silent Grove (behind ranger station), the Kimberley, 11 Sept. 1998 ; 14/22/0, plunge pool Adcock Gorge, the Kimberley, 12 Sept. 1998 ; 4/5/2, pool Galvans Gorge, the Kimberley, 12 Sept. 1998 ; 3/1/1, pool Manning Gorge Falls, the Kimberley, 13 Sept. 1998 ; 5/6/0, Jack’s Waterhole, Gibb River Road, 14 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, Russ Creek at crossing with Gibb River Road, the Kimberley, 14 Sept. 1998 ; 1/6/0, Jackeroo’s Waterhole, El Questro Station, the Kimberley, 15 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, plunge pool Emma Gorge, the Kimberley, 16 Sept. 1998 ; 0/2/0, pool Valentine Springs, W of Kununurra, 18 Sept. 1998 ; 7/5/0, Middle Springs W of Kununurra, 15°38′1.38” S 128°40′10.67” E, 18 Sept. 1998 ; 2/2/0, plunge pool Black Rock Falls, W of Kununurra, 18 Sept. 1998 ; 1/1/0, Spillway Creek near Lake Argyle, 20 Sept. 1998 ; 12/8/0, plunge pool Frog Hole Gorge, Purnululu NP, 23 Sept. 1998 ; 10/5/0, plunge pool Cathedral Gorge, Purnululu NP, 17°28′49.60” S 128°22′22.47” E, 24 Sept. 1998 ; 0/0/1, pool Sawpit Gorge, S of Halls Creek, 25 Sept. 1998 ; 1/3/0, Fitzroy River, S of Fitzroy Crossing, 18°12′39.07” S 125°34′40.91” E, 28 Sept. 1998 ; 0/0/1, pool W of Tunnel Creek, Tunnel

Creek NP, 30 Sept. 1998 ; 8/5/1, Geikie Gorge, western side, Geikie Gorge NP, 18°07′23.92” S 125°39′42.47” E, 28 Sept. 1998 ; 0/2/0, Python Pool. Millstream-Chichester NP, 21°20.031′ S 117°14.310′ E, 180 m a.s.l., 30 Jan. 2019.

Distribution — Previously known from Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia and reported here for the first time from New South Wales.