Axonopsella novaeguinensis Wiles, 1997

Smit, Harry, 2013, New records of water mites mainly from Vogelkop, New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of one new genus and thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3716 (2), pp. 207-235 : 233

Axonopsella novaeguinensis Wiles, 1997

Material examined. 0/1/0, stream Warmarai, S of Manokwari, West Papua Province, 1° 0 5.987 S 134° 0 5.514 E, alt. 16 m asl, 13-xi-2011; 1/5/0, small stream upstream of Kobrey, near lake Gigi, Anggi Lakes, West Papua Province, 1° 23.328 S 133° 54.345 E, alt. 2008 m asl, 16-xi-2011; 0/1/0, River Asiti, W of Senopi, West Papua Province, 0° 51.469 S 132° 54.957 E, alt. 502 m asl, 22-xi-2011.

Remarks. Previously known from Papua New Guinea only, and here reported for the first time from the Indonesian part of New Guinea. A rheophilic species, occurring in streams.