Procorticacarus longipalpis ( Cook, 1986 )

Smit, Harry, 2015, The water mite genus Procorticacarus K. O. Viets in Australasia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae), Zootaxa 3956 (1) : -

Procorticacarus longipalpis ( Cook, 1986)

Material examined. Tasmania. 2/0/0, Julius Rivulet, Julius River Forest Reserve, 41º 0 9.296 S 145º 0 1.707 E, alt. 123 m a.s.l., 21-iii-2008; 1/1/0, Unnamed creek crossing road to Kanunnan Bridge-Couta Rocks, 41º 0 8.142 S 144º 57.003 E, alt. 50 m a.s.l., 22-iii-2008; 5/2/0, Sumac Rivulet at crossing with road A10, 41º 0 9.934 S 145º 0 4.152 E, alt. 127 m a.s.l., 22-iii-2008; 1/0/0, Sterling River at crossing with road A10, 41º 46.162 S 145º 36.573 E, alt. 222 m, 23-iii-2008; 1/0/0, Animal Creek, at crossing with road Queenstown-Burnie, 41º 38.004 S 145º 36.896 E, alt. 400 m a.s.l., 23-iii-2008; 3/1/0, Nelson Creek, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42º 0 6.152 S 145º 43.282 E, alt. 311 m, 24-iii-2008; 1/1/0, Nelson River at crossing with road A10, Franklin Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42º 0 6.247 S 145º 44.186 E, alt. 318 m a.s.l., 24-iii-2008; 1/0/0, New ton Creek at crossing with road B28, 41º 54.520 S 145º 34.199 E, alt. 493 m a.s.l., 24-iii-2008; 0/1/0, Pearl Creek, 3 km N of Queenstown, 42º 0 3.387 S 145º 32.441 E, alt. 255 m, 24-iii-2008; 8/2/0, Tyenna River at campground, Mt Field NP, 42º 41.071 S 146º 43.026 E, alt. 350 m a.s.l., 26-iii-2008; 2/1/0, Franklin River at crossing with A20, Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers NP, 42º 12.916 S 146º 0 1.170 E, alt. 421 m a.s.l., 26-iii-2008; 6/2/0, Apsley River at waterhole, Douglas Apsley NP, 41º 51.758 S 148º 11.186 E, alt. 71 m a.s.l., 28-iii-2008; 3/1/0, Douglas River, Douglas Apsley NP, 41º 46.886 S 148º 15.359 E, alt. 0 m, 29-iii-2008; 0/1/0, South Esk River upstream of Esk, 41º 25.182 S 147º 43.147 E, 29-iii-2008. New South Wales. 0/1/0, Yarrangobilly River, near Thermal Pool, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 35º 43.899 S 148º 29.091 E, alt. 910 m a.s.l., 9-xii-2003.

Remarks. Known from Tasmania and Victoria ( Cook 1986, Smit 2001), and here reported for the first time from New South Wales.