Limnesia (Limnesia) ekama 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 : 196

Limnesia (Limnesia) ekama Cook, 1986

New records — Tasmania. 1/1/0, unnamed creek at crossing of Rosendale Road, 2.5 km off Tasman Highway, Bicheno, 19 Oct. 1997 ; 0/1/0, Betka River at crossing with Stony Creek Road, SW of Genoa, 24 Oct. 1997. Victoria. 2/3/2, Aire River at Aire Crossing, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38°42.190′ S 143°28.536′ E, 202 m a.s.l., 1 Apr. 2008. New South Wales. 0/1/0, tributary of Sawyers Creek, N of Kangaroo Valley, 6 Nov. 2001. Queensland. 0/1/0, Lacey Creek, Mission Beach, 17 Sept. 2000 ; 2/2/0, Babinda River, Wooroonooran NP, 17°20.484′ S 145°52.113′ E, 16 Oct. 2005 ; 1/0/0, Tully River at campground, Tully Gorge NP, 17°46.280′ S 145°39.073′ E, 86 m a.s.l., 4 Nov. 2014.

Distribution — Previously known from Tasmania and New South Wales ( Cook 1986) and reported here for the first time from Victoria and Queensland.