Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941

Smit, H., 2011, New Species Of Water Mites From New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae), Acarologia 51 (3), pp. 321-345 : 323

Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941

Material examined — 4/0, Pool Kampung Loa, Nipsan district, 4°07.835’ S; 139°38.285’ E, alt. 1663 m a.s.l., 20-iii-2010 ; 25/0, Pool Kampung Ajamhe , Nipsan district, 4°06.799’ S; 139°39.230’ E, alt. 1670 m a.s.l., 22-iii-2010 .

Remarks — The specimens from New Guinea are provisionally assigned to L. australica , as adults are difficult to identify. Variation in size and shape of legs segments, as well as genital field is large, and adults of the Indian L. crinita Koenike, 1898 cannot be distinguished from L. australica ( Lundblad 1947, Cook 1967). However, based on larval morphology, Martin and Smit (2002) showed that the two are separate species. I collected at both pools water skaters ( Insecta: Gerridae ), but none were parasitized. Research on the larval morphology is needed to elucidate the status of this species from New Guinea. New for the fauna of New Guinea.