Procorticacarus cramerae ( Cook, 1986 )

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

Procorticacarus cramerae ( Cook, 1986)

Material examined. Queensland. 0/1/0, Emmagen Creek, Daintree NP, 2-ix-2000; 0/1/0, Babinda River, Wooroonooran NP, 17º 20.484 S 145º 52.113 E, 16-x-2005; 1/0/0, Behana Creek, S of Gordonvale, Wooroonooran NP, 17º 10.705 S 145º 49.750 E, 16-x-2005; 0/1/0, Davies Creek, at Upper Davies Creek camping area, Dinden NP, 17º 0 0.968 S 145º 35.147 E, alt. 600 m a.s.l., 30-x-2014; 1/0/0, Babinda Creek, Babinda, 17º 20.386 S 145º 52.102 E, alt. 57 m a.s.l., 2-xi-2014; 0/1/0, Kaarru Creek, Wooroonooran NP, 17º 38.750 S 145º 43.962 E, alt. 453 m a.s.l., 5-xi-2014; 2/0/0, Gooligan Creek at crossing with Palmerston Highway, Wooroonooran NP, 17º 36.267 S 145º 45.726 E, alt. 370 m a.s.l., 7-xi-2014; 0/1/0, Broadwater Creek, Broadwater State Forest, 18º 24.922 S 145º 56.639 E, alt. 52 m a.s.l., 8-xi-2014; 0/3/0, Birthday Creek upstream of falls, Paluma Range NP, 18º 58.559 S 146º 0 9.498 E, alt. 786 m a.s.l., 9-xi-2014; 2/5/0, Big Crystal Creek, downstream of rockpools, Paluma Range NP, 18º 59.013 S 146º 14.188 E, alt. 88 m a.s.l., 9-xi-2014.

Remarks. Thus far only known from Queensland ( Cook 1986). Some males have the first pair of glandularia platelets posterior to the large anteromedial plate not fused.