Pseudohydryphantes mataranka Harvey, 1988

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2023, New records of the water mite family Hydryphantidae Piersig from Australia with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 981-997 : 986-987

Pseudohydryphantes mataranka Harvey, 1988

Pseudohydryphantes aroona – Smit 1992 (erroneous, non Harvey, 1988) Pseudohydryphantes aroona – Smit 2021 (erroneous, non Harvey, 1988)

Material examined— Queensland. 0/1/0, Fruit Bat Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11 Sept. 2000 ; 1/1/0, Cascades, Lawn Hill Creek, Lawn Hill NP, 18°41.806′S 138°29.138′E,

10 Oct. 2005 ; 0/1/0, Elliot Creek at Fruit Bat Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11°26.370′S 142°26.086′E, alt. 72 m, 19 Oct. 2014. Northern Territory. 0/1/0, Plunge pool Gunlom, Kakadu NP, 13°25.917′S 132°24.989′E, 30 Sept. 2005 ; 0/1/0, Umbrawarra Gorge, Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, 13°57.892′S 131°41.620′E, 1 Oct. 2005. New South Wales. 0/2/0 (0/1/0 dissected and slide mounted), Waterfall Creek at Gunjulla Flat, Royal NP, 8 Nov. 2001.

Remarks — The stellate or crenulate glandularia sclerites are not always obvious, and the specimens are then easily mistaken for P. aroona. The median eye of P. mataranka , however, is always crenulate and the sclerites are larger compared to P. aroona.

Distribution — Previously reported from Western Australian and the Northern Territory ( Harvey 1998 ; Smit 1998, 2021). This species has been reported previously as P. aroona Harvey, 1988 ( Smit 1992, 2021). It is reported here for the first time from Queensland.