Limnesia (Limnesia) hopa 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 : 200-201

Limnesia (Limnesia) hopa Cook, 1986

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New records — Queensland. 0/1/0, Little Yabba Creek, hyporheic, at crossing with road Kenilworth-Maleny, 26°37.427′ S 152°41.334′ E, 98 m a.s.l., 19 Nov. 2014 ; 1/0/0, same location, 1 Dec. 2014 ; 0/1/0, Sandy Creek, W of Maleny, 26°42.241′ S 152°41.120′ E, 115 m a.s.l., 1 Dec. 2014.

Description — Female: Idiosoma dorsally 494 long and 284 wide. Dorsum with two large plates, anterior plate with two pairs of glandularia and the postocularia, 184 long and 202 wide. Posterior dorsal plate with three pairs of glandularia, 292 long and 232 wide. Coxae in most aspects similar to male, except Cx-IV, these forming a genital bay ( Figure 4 ). Genital field

136 long and 104 long, with three pairs of acetabula, the anterior pair distanced from the two posterior pairs. Length of P1-5: 28, 58, 44, 76, 30. Palp as in male. Length of I-leg-4-6: 82, 98, 82. Length of IV-leg-4-6: 92, 108, 103; subterminal seta of IV-leg-6 52 long. Legs without swimming setae.

Remarks — Thus far, known from the holotype male only. Therefore, a description is given of the female.

Distribution — Queensland.

Figures

Figure 4 Limnesia (Limnesia) hopa Cook, venter female. Scale bar = 100 µm.