Cyclohydryphantes mutarnee Harvey, 1987

K, Harry Smit & PešićK, Vladimir, 2023, New records of the water mite family Hydryphantidae Piersig from Australia with the description of five new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 63 (4), pp. 981-997 : 986

Cyclohydryphantes mutarnee Harvey, 1987

Material examined— New South Wales. 1/4/0, Moonmerri Creek, Nymboi-Binderay NP, 30°11.406′S 152°41.436′E, 446 m a.s.l., 9 Nov. 2003 ; 0/2/0, Bombala River, at crossing with

New Line Road, 36°42.402′S 149°23.688′E, 782 m a.s.l., 11 Dec. 2003. Queensland. 1/0/0, Fruit Bat Falls, Cape York Peninsula, 11 Sept. 2000 ; 0/3/0, Peter’s Creek, at crossing with road Kenilworth-Jimna, 26°40.911′S 152°36.577′E, 3 Nov. 2005.

Remarks — A species known previously from the holotype male only. The females of

this study are larger than the male, measuring dorsally 985-1327 long and 804-1105 wide. The holotype male is 765 long and 555 wide ( Harvey 1987), males of this study are 932-1015 long and 729-794 wide. The latter author based the description on the smaller size C of. mutarnee compared to C. trabeculiferus . However, young specimens of C. mutarnee overlap in size with C. trabeculiferus . A better character to separate the two species is the diameter of the posterior acetabula. The posterior acetabula of trabeculiferus measure 80-90 (female) and 59-62 (male), those of the female of mutarnee measure 38-48 and those of the male 38-42.

Distribution — Previously known from Queensland ( Harvey 1998), and reported here for the first time from New South Wales.