Australocamptus hamondi Karanovic, 2004

Tang, Danny & Knott, Brenton, 2009, Freshwater cyclopoids and harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Gnangara Mound region of Western Australia, Zootaxa 2029, pp. 1-70 : 59

Australocamptus hamondi Karanovic, 2004

Material examined. Boomerang Cave ( YN99 ), Yanchep National Park, Western Australia (31°32'33''S, 115°41'24''E): 1 ♀, 17 July , 1992; 2 ♀ (1 dissected and mounted on slide), 28 August , 1994; Gilgie Cave ( YN27 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°34'07''S, 115°41'18''E): 2 ♂ (1 dissected and mounted on slide), 28 August , 1994; Twilight Cave ( YN194 ), Yanchep National Park , Western Australia (31°34'05''S, 115°41'21''E): 1 ♀ and 1 ♂ ( AM P.78935), 17 July, 1992; Egerton spring, Ellenbrook, Western Australia (31°46'18''S, 115°58'51''E): 2 ♂, 20 December, 1994 .

Remarks. Australocamptus hamondi was established, along with A. similis and A. diversus , by Karanovic (2004a) based on samples collected from boreholes in the Murchison region of Western Australia. The occurrence of A. hamondi in several caves and a spring in the Gnangara Mound region extends its known distribution to the south-west of Western Australia and supports Karanovic’s (2004a) premise that this species is stygobitic.