Abelaturus cornophorus Cook, 1983

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 925-926

Abelaturus cornophorus Cook, 1983

New records. North Island. 1/0/0, Kiriwhakapapa Stream, interstitial, Tararua Forest Park, 40°48.490 ′ S 175°32.726 ′ E, alt. 313 m asl, 13­i­2019 ; 1/0/0, Tributary of Urarima Stream,

interstitial, N of Coromandel Town, 36°34.812 ′ S 175°24.554 ′ E, alt. 12 m asl, 21­i­2019. South Island. 0/1/0, Fifteen Mile Creek, interstitial, Aorere Valley, 40°48.443 ′ S 172°31.378 ′ E, alt. 69 m asl, 7­i­2019 ; 0/1/0, Deep Creek, interstitial, at crossing with Bell Hill Road, Moana, 42°33.071 ′ S 171°36.014 ′ E, alt. 245 m asl, 4­iv­2020 ; 0/1/0, Taipare Creek, interstitial, Taipare Bay, 41°00.977 ′ S 173°43.504 ′ E, alt. 9 m asl, 1­i­2­019; same location, 24­ii­2020 ; 0/1/0, Eliot Creek, interstitial, Aorere Valley, South Island, New Zealand, 40°49.897 ′ S 172°28.309 ′ E, alt. 110 m asl, 8­i­2019.

Distribution. Previously known from four localities from North and South Island.