Limnesia (Limnesia) baderi (Imamura, 1983)

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 : 210

Limnesia (Limnesia) baderi (Imamura, 1983)

Material examined. 0/1/0, stream Wasai, SW of Manokwari, West Papua Province, 0° 55.563 S 133° 58.380, alt. 27 m asl, 12-xi-2011; 1/0/0, 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; 0/1/0, river at Warkapi, S of Manokwari, West Papua province, 1° 0 9.978 S 134° 0 7.028 E, alt. 101 m, asl, 13-xi-2011.

Remarks. Limnesia baderi is known from Papua New Guinea and Papua Province ( Indonesia), and is reported here for the first time from Vogelkop . Very likely a species of hyporheic habitats, considering it’s pale yellow colour and the absence of eyes. Imamura (1983) considered it also an interstitial species.