Gretacarus mutilus K.O. Viets, 1978

Smit, Harry, 2016, The water mite genus Gretacarus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae: Gretacarinae), with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 4121 (2), pp. 159-166 : 164

Gretacarus mutilus K.O. Viets, 1978

Material examined. Tasmania. 1/0/0, Nive River at crossing with road A10, 42º 0 9.456 S 146º 28.130 E, alt. 588 m asl, 26-iii-2008; 1/0/0, Macquairy River at crossing with road C522, 41º 54.472 S 147º 23.546 E, alt. 162 m asl, 28-iii-2008. New South Wales. 7/7/0, Lake Ainsworth, N of Ballina, 28º 47.053 S 153º 35.569 E, 8-xi-2005; 2/2/0, Colo River at crossing with Putty Road, 33º 25.959 S 150º 49.688 E, 1-xii-2003.

Remarks. Previously known from Queensland and New South Wales ( Cook 1986, Harvey 1998), and here reported for the first time from Tasmania.