Hydrachna approximata Halík, 1940

Smit, Harry, 2014, Australian water mites of the genus Hydrachna Müller, with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hydrachnidae), Zootaxa 3827 (2), pp. 170-186 : 171

Hydrachna approximata Halík, 1940

Material examined. New South Wales. 1 /0/0, Rockpools, Mootwingee Gorge, Mutawintji NP, 31 -x- 2001; 2 /0/0, Wog Wog River, at crossing with Wog Wog Way, 37 º 0 4.986 S 149 º 29.027 E, alt. 332 m asl, 10 -xii- 2003; 1 / 2 /0, White Rock River at crossing with Imlay Road, South East Forests NP, 37 º 0 8.121 S 149 º 21.370 E, alt. 505 m asl, 10 -xii- 2003. Victoria. 0/ 1 /0, Swamp at junction of Victoria Valley Road and Bundol Road, SW of Grampians NP, 37 º 35 ’ 14.50 ” S 142 º 18 ’ 58.36 ” E, 30 -ix- 1997. Queensland. 0/ 1 /0, Rockpool Porcupine Creek, Porcupine Gorge NP, 20 º 21.029 S 144 º 27.852 E, 23 -x- 2005; 1 /0/0, Small lake Hawkwood Road, 13 km S of Mundaburra, 25 º 39.910 S 151 º 13.941 E, alt. 130 m asl, 31 -x- 2005; 0/ 1 /0, South Mimosa Creek, Blackdown Tablelands NP, 23 º 47.714 S 149 º 0 4.270 E, alt. 802 m asl, 27 -xi- 2005. Western Australia. 1 /0/0, Lake Kununurra, 10 km SE of Kununurra, 15 º 52 ’ 7.45 ” S 128 º 45 ’ 46.75 ” E, 19 -ix- 1998; 3 / 2 / 3, Lake Campion, 14 -x- 1998; 5 /0/0/, Lake Eda, 30 - x- 1998.

Remarks. Previously known from Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.