Gondwanabates crassipes Cook, 1986

Smit, Harry, 2015, The water mite family Hygrobatidae Koch in Australia. The genera Aspidiobatella Cook, Australorivacarus Viets, Gondwanabates Imamura and Rhynchaustrobates Cook (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Zootaxa 4033 (4), pp. 567-583 : 572

Gondwanabates crassipes Cook, 1986

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Material examined. New South Wales. 0/1/0, Leatherbarrel Creek at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36º 31.559 S 148º 11.611 E, alt. 999 m asl, 8-xii-2003.

Description. Female. Idiosoma ventrally 543 long, dorsally 510 long and 389 wide. Dorsal and ventral shields present. Dorsum with two plates, anterior plate 251 long, posterior plate 219 long; configuration of dorsal glandularia as in male. Anterior coxae extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Capitulum plus anchoral process 160 long. Genital field with three pairs of acetabula; gonopore 106 long. Length of P1–5: 16, 64, 30, 42, 30; palp as in male. Length of I-leg-4–6: 96, 72, 60. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 120, 128, 96. Legs as in male.

Remarks. The species was known only from the holotype male, collected in the Mt Kosciuszko National Park. The female is described here for the first time.

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FIGURE 3. Gondwanabates crassipes Cook, 1986, female; A. venter. Scale bar = 50 µm.