Zelandopsis morimotoi Imamura, 1977

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 945

Zelandopsis morimotoi Imamura, 1977

New records. South Island. 0/1/0, Upper course Askews Hill NE Creek, Taipare Bay, 41°01.162 ′ S 173°42.881 ′ E, alt. not measured, 25­ii­2020 ; 0/1/0, Upper course Watercreek, Taipare Bay, 41°01.122 ′ S 173°43.889 ′ E, alt. 128 m asl, 25­ii­2020 ; 0/1/0, unnamed stream crossing Palmer Road, at Palmer Rd Culvert, Springs Junction, 42°22.043 ′ S 172°08.132 ′ E, alt. 472 m asl, 28­iii­2020.

Distribution. Previously known from streams east of Nelson and the Marlborough Sounds area ( Smit 2019), and here reported from a stream near Springs Junction also.