Euwandesia tenebrio Hopkins & Schminke, 1970

SmitK, Harry & PešićK, Vladimir, 2024, New records of rare water mites from New Zealand, with the description of a new genus (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 64 (2), pp. 602-611 : 604

Euwandesia tenebrio Hopkins & Schminke, 1970

New records — South Island. 1/0/0, Peg Leg Creek, interstitial, Arthurs Pass NP, 42°53.704′

S 171°33.575′ E, 826 m asl, 24.xii.2022 ; 0/1/0, Cascade Creek, interstitial, Longwood Forest, 46°15.58′2 S 167°54.575′ E, 91 m asl, 1.ii.2023 ; 0/1/0, Waipohatu Stream, Catlins Forest Park, 46°36.883′ S 169°00.890′ E, 33 m asl, 3.ii.2023 ; 0/0/1, Weionepu Creek, Catlins Forest Park, 46°36.448′ S 168°58.715′ E, 70 m, 3.ii.2023 ; 0/1/0, Matai stream downstream falls, Catlins

Forest Park, 46°30.185′ S, 169°29.288′ E, 134 m asl, 7.ii.2023 ; 0/0/1, Highest tributary of

Warbeck Stream, interstitial, crossing Maruia Saddle Road, 42°01.880′ S 172°17.695′ E, 535

m asl, 17.ii.2023.

Distribution — Previously known from four localities from North and South Island, and one locality from Stewart Island (Smit and Pešić 2020).