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Aspidiobates geometricus Cook 1986

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Aspidiobates geometricus Cook, 1986

Aspidiobates geometricus Cook, 1986: 106; Harvey & Cook, 1988: 57; Smit, 1992: 96; Harvey, 1998b: 139; Smit, 2001: 153.

Material examined. 1 male, Dalrymple Creek, Goomburra Forest Reserve, Qld., Australia, 27°58.781'S 152°20.621'E, alt. 690 m, 17 November 2003.

Remarks. Undoubtedly an epigean species, considering the numerous published records from surface waters.

Notes

Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2007, New Records of Hyporheic Water Mites from Australia, with a Description of Two New Genera and Ten New Species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 97-116 in Records of the Australian Museum 59 (2) on page 101, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.59.2007.1486, http://zenodo.org/record/4685907

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2003-11-17
Family
Hygrobatidae
Genus
Aspidiobates
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Trombidiformes
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Cook
Species
geometricus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2003-11-17
Taxonomic concept label
Aspidiobates geometricus Cook, 1986 sec. Smit, 2007

References

  • Cook, D. R., 1986. Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1 - 568.
  • Smit, H., 1992. Water mites from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia (Acari, Hydrachnellae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 135: 91 - 112.
  • Harvey, M. S., 1998 b. The Australian Water Mites. A Guide to Families and Genera. Monographs on Invertebrate Taxonomy 4. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 150 pp.
  • Smit, H., 2001. New records of the water mite family Hygrobatidae from Australia, with the description of ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia). Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 137 - 158.