Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876

Colloff, Matthew J., 2011, A review of the oribatid mite family Nothridae in Australia, with new species of Novonothrus and Trichonothrus from rain forest and their Gondwanan biogeographical affinities (Acari: Oribatida), Zootaxa 3005, pp. 1-44 : 3-4

Nothrus anauniensis Canestrini & Fanzago, 1876

Material examined. Two nymphs, 14 females, ANIC 345, rain forest, Mount Tiptree, 17°03'13"S, 145°37'57"E, 730 m., coll. R.W. Taylor & J.E. Feehan, 29.vi.1971. Six nymphs, two females, ANIC 430, rain forest, Eacham National Park, Queensland. 17°17'24"S 145°37'38"E, 760 m., coll. R.W. Taylor, 1–7.iv.1973. Three females, ANIC 538, rain forest, Byfield, Queensland, 22°51'S 150°39'E, 60 m., coll R.W. Taylor & T.A. Weir, 26.x.1976. One female, terricolous moss on creek bank, Wilsons Creek, The Pocket Road, Main Arm, near Mullumbimby, New South Wales, 28°30'16"S, 153°27'3"E, 65 m., coll. M.J. Colloff, 4.xi.2009. Five females, moss, Point Perpendicular, Beecroft Peninsula, New South Wales, 35°05'35"S 150°48'24"E, coll. P. Greenslade, 21.iii.1995. One female, Howden trap, pasture, Illawong Cattle Stud, near Broulee, 25 km south of Batemans Bay, New South Wales, 35°51'S, 150°09'E, 25 m., coll. S. Runko, 23.vii.1981. Four nymphs, five females, ANIC 104, Middlegate Road, Norfolk Island, 29°02'40"S 167°57'42"E, 130 m., coll. M.S. Upton, 9.vii.1968. Twelve nymphs, 13 females, ANIC 112, Eucalyptus forest, Mount Pitt, Norfolk Island, 29°01'32"S 167°56'16"E, 100 m., coll. 17.vii.1968. Nine nymphs, 12 females, ANIC 954, litter, African olive ( Olea europaea ssp. cuspidate), Red Road Valley, Phillip Island off Norfolk Island, 29°07'18"S 167°57'03"E, coll. J.E. Feehan, 28.iii.1984. Two nymphs, three females, ANIC 957, red guava ( Pisidium cattleianum var. cattleianum ) and pine ( Araucaria heterophylla ) area, near Highland Guesthouse, Norfolk Island, 29°01'26"S 167°57'05"E, coll. J.E. Feehan, 24.iii.1984. Five females, ANIC 958, palms and ferns area, Norfolk Island National Park, 29°01'09"S 167°56'32"E, coll. J.E. Feehan, 25.iii.1984.

Remarks. The specimens from Queensland and New South Wales are very close morphologically to the supplementary description of N. anauniensis by Olszanowski (1996). This species was recorded from Australia by Palmer & Norton (1991); ex: litter of Creeping Boobialla, Myoporum parvifolium, Windsor Gardens, Adelaide , South Australia, 34°52'35"S, 138°38'50"E, ca. 50 m., coll. D. Hirst, 7.ix.1987 (R.A. Norton, personal communication, 2011).