Zelandothyas balloti Gerecke, Judson & Cook, 2017

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 : 904-905

Zelandothyas balloti Gerecke, Judson & Cook, 2017

New records. South Island. 0/1/0, Twin Creek, Arthur’s Pass National Park, 42°54.715 ′ S 171°33.535 ′ E, alt. 877 m asl, 23­xii­2014 ; 0/1/0, Petrel Creek crossing Kumara Inchbonnie Road, E of Mitchells, 42°38.937 ′ S 171°25.704 ′ E, alt. 90 m asl, 25­iii­2020 ; 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 the type locality only, the Pelorus River near Middy Hut (probably Middy Creek Hut), South Island ( Gerecke et al. 2017).