Unionicola (Australionicola) hammeni Smit, 1992

Smit, Harry, 2008, Australian Unionicola (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Unionicolidae), with the description of two new subgenera and eight new species, Zootaxa 1674, pp. 1-26 : 4-5

Unionicola (Australionicola) hammeni Smit, 1992

Unionicola (Australionicola) hammeni Smit, 1992: 100 ; Harvey 1998: 143; Vidrine 1996: 25.

Material examined. Northern Territory: 1 male, 4 females, Manton Dam, 12° 51.726 S 131° 0 7.148 E, 1 August 1994. Queensland: 1 female, Dowlings Waterhole, Lakefield NP, 3 September 2000; 1 female, billabong W of Wenlock River, near crossing with road to Iron Range NP, 10 September 2000. Western Australia: 3 females, Lake Kununurra, 10 km SE of Kununurra, 15° 52’7.45 “S 128° 45’46.75” E, 19 September 1998; 2 males, 14 females, Jackeroo’s Waterhole, El Questro Station, The Kimberley, 15 September 1998; 2 males, 17 females, Lily Creek Lagoon, Kununurra, 15° 46’S 128° 44’E, 17 September 1998.

Remarks. Previously only known from the type locality in northern Queensland, and reported here for the first time from the Northern Territory and Western Australia.