Taintaturus longipileatus Smit, 2017

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2024, New records of notoaturine water mites from New Zealand, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Notoaturinae), Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 499-524 : 514

Taintaturus longipileatus Smit, 2017

New records — South Island. 0/3/0, Halpins Creek, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°58.428′ S,

171°34.789′ E, alt. 698 m asl., 24 Dec. 2022. 1/0/0, Kellys Creek N of Arthur’s Pass NP,

42°48.045′ S, 172°34.219′ E, alt. 359 m asl., 25 Dec. 2022. 2/4/0, Bealey River at end of walking track, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°54.626′ S, 171°33.034′ E, alt. 930 m asl., 25 Dec. 2022.

1/0/0, small tributary of Bealey River, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°54.897′ S, 171°33.216′ E, alt. 880

m asl., 25 Dec. 2022. 0/4/0, Twin Creek, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°54.715′ S, 171°33.541′ E, alt.

875 m asl., 23 Dec. 2022. 0/1/0, Peg Leg Creek, interstitial, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°53.704′

S, 171°33.575′ E, alt. 826 m asl., 24 Dec. 2022. 0/1/0, Peg Leg Creek, Arthur’s Pass NP, 42°53.704′ S, 171°33.575′ E, alt. 826 m asl., 23 Dec. 2022. 2/1/0, Canyon Creek, Ahuri

Valley, 44°14.097′ S, 169°35.787′ E, alt. 739 m asl., 10 Febr. 2023. 0/1/0, Unnamed stream crossing Hakatere Potts Road, W of Mt Somers, 43°32.195′ S, 170°53.769′ E, alt. 585 m asl.,

22 Jan. 2023. 1/0/0, Ten Mile Creek, Paparoa NP, N of Greymouth, 42°20.370′ S, 171°16.350′

E, alt. 16 m asl., 22 Dec. 2022. 1/6/0, Rough Creek crossing Lewis Pass Road, 42°22.747′

S, 172°16.708′ E, alt. 529 m asl., 20 Jan. 2023. 1/0/0, Lewis River at Deer Valley Campsite, interstitial, 42°24.278′ S, 172°23.814′ E, alt. 806 m asl., 20 Jan. 2023.

Distribution — Known from South and North Island ( Smit 2017 ; Smit and Pešić 2020).