Limnesia (Limnesia) corpulenta K.O. Viets, 1984

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 : 195-196

Limnesia (Limnesia) corpulenta K.O. Viets, 1984

New records — ─ Tasmania. 2/1/1, stream downstream of Russell Falls, Mt Field NP, 17 Oct. 1997 ; 0/1/12, Nelson River at crossing with road a10, Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42°06.247′ S 145°44.186′ E, 318 m a.s.l., 24 Mar. 2008 ; 0/0/2, Nelson Creek, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42°06.152′ S 145°43.282′ E, 311 m a.s.l., 24 Mar. 2008 ; 0/0/1, Tyenna River at campground, Mt Field NP, 42°41.071′ S 146°43.026′ E, 350 m a.s.l., 26 Mar. 2008 ; 0/2/0, Franklin River at crossing with road A10, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42°12.916′ S 146°01.170′ E, 421 m a.s.l., 26 Mar. 2008 ; 0/0/1, Russell Falls Creek downstream of falls, Mt Field NP, 27 Mar. 2008 ; 0/0/1, South Esk River, upstream of Upper Esk, 41°25.182′ S 147°43.147′ E, 362 m a.s.l., 29 Mar. 2008. Victoria. 0/3/0, Running Jump Creek, Mt Buffalo NP, 10 Oct. 1997 ; 1/3/0, Underground River, Mt Buffalo NP, 10 Oct. 1997 ; 0/4/0, Crystal Brook at Hospice Plain, Mt Buffalo NP, 10 Oct. 1997 ; 1/0/0, Crystal Brook, Mt Buffalo NP, 36°43.277′ S 146°48.354′ E, 1303 m a.s.l., 11 Mar. 2008 ; 13/11/7, Jump Creek, Mt Buffalo NP, 36°46.350′ S 146°47.636′ E, 1468 m a.s.l., 11 Mar. 2008 ; 1/2/7, 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 ; 0/0/1, Aire River at crossing with Binns Road, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38°40.103′ S 143°34.805′ E, 240 m a.s.l., 1 Apr. 2008. New South Wales. 3/2/0, Bugong Creek near Morton NP, 5 Nov. 2001 ; 2/0/2, Tributary of Sawyers Creek, S of Kangaroo Valley, 6 Nov. 2001 ; 0/1/1, Barrengarry Creek upstream of falls, Morton NP, 6 Nov. 2001 ; 0/0/1, Urumbilum River, Bindarri NP, 30°15.966′ S 152°57.042′ E, alt. 137 m a.s.l., 7 Nov. 2003 ; 0/0/1, Six Miles Creek, SE Forests

NP, 10 Dec. 2003 ; 0/0/11, Towamba River at Big Jack Rest Area, SE Forests NP, 36°53.885′

S 149°27.807′ E, 271 m a.s.l., 11 Dec. 2003 ; 2/5/0, Mumbulla Creek at Mumbulla Creek Picnic Area, Biamanga NP, 36°34′32.92” S 149°53′37.93” E, 12 Dec. 2003 ; 0/1/0, Sugarloaf Creek at crossing with Misty Mountain Road, Monga NP, 35°33′44.70” S 150°0′48.61” E, 15 Dec. 2003 ; 1/3/0, Minnemurra River, Minnemurra Rainforest, 34°38.183′ S 150°43.272′ E, 18 Dec. 2003. Queensland. 3/0/6, Babinda River, Wooroonooran NP, 17°20.484′ S 145°52.113′ E, 16 Oct. 2005 ; 2/9/2, Double Barrel Creek, Babinda, 17°20.852′ S 145°53.075′ E, 20 Oct. 2005 ; 0/1/0, unnamed creek with big boulders, Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran NP, 17°15.959′ S 145°47.118′ E, 105 m a.s.l., 2 Nov. 2014 ; 0/0/2, Tully River at campground, Tully Gorge NP, 17°46.280′ S 145°39.073′ E, 86 m a.s.l., 4 Nov. 2014 ; 2/0/0, Stony Creek, upstream of Wallaman Falls, Girringun National Park, 18°36.130′ S 145°48.145′ E, 549 m a.s.l., 8 Nov. 2014.

Remarks — The integument of this species is covered by short, spiny setae. Probably the presence of these setae is age-dependent. Deutonymphs and young specimens always have these setae, while in older specimens they are absent.

Distribution — Known from New South Wales and Tasmania and reported here for the first time from Victoria and Queensland.