identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03EE87B80D19FFCD58C796A4FE5BF8A8.text	03EE87B80D19FFCD58C796A4FE5BF8A8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea australica Lundblad 1941	<div><p>Koenikea australica Lundblad, 1941</p><p>Material examined. Tasmania. 9/15/0, Lake Chisholme, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.06587&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-41.132282" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.06587/lat -41.132282)">Lake Chisholme Forest Reserve</a>, 41°07.937 S 145°03.952 E, 378 m asl, 21-iii-2008 ; 1/0/0, Lake Shadow, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.12077&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-42.098267" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.12077/lat -42.098267)">Lake St Clair-Cradle Mountain</a> NP, 42°05.896 S 146°07.246 E, 965 m asl, 25-iii-2008 ; 8/0/0, Platypus Tarn, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.58577&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-42.67405" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.58577/lat -42.67405)">Mt Field</a> NP, 42°40.443 S 146°35.146 E, 955 m asl, 27-iii-2008 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=147.39244&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-41.907867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 147.39244/lat -41.907867)">Macquairy River</a> at crossing with road C522, 41°54.472 S 147°23.546 E, 162 m asl, 28-iii-2008 . Victoria. 1/0/0, rockpool <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.2819&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-37.246716" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.2819/lat -37.246716)">Buandik Falls</a>, Grampians NP, 37°14.803 S 142°16.914 E, 16-iii-2008 . South Australia. 7/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=140.9435&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-38.0475" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 140.9435/lat -38.0475)">Picaninnie Ponds</a>, Picaninnie Ponds Conservation Park, 38°02.850 S 140°56.610 E, 13 m asl, 3-iv-2008 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=140.79057&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-38.0261" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 140.79057/lat -38.0261)">Ewens Pond</a> 1, Ewens Ponds Conservation Park, 38°01.566 S 140°47.434 E, 11 m asl, 4-iv-2008 .</p><p>Distribution. Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. Reported here for the first time for South Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D19FFCD58C796A4FE5BF8A8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D19FFCD58C792B4FD9CFA8C.text	03EE87B80D19FFCD58C792B4FD9CFA8C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea sorpresa Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea sorpresa Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. Tasmania. 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=147.39244&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-41.907867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 147.39244/lat -41.907867)">Macquairy River</a> at crossing with road C522, 41°54.472 S 147°23.546 E, 162 m asl, 28-iii-2008 . New South Wales. 1/5/0, Wheeny Creek at crossing with Comleroy Road, Wollemi NP, 1- xii-2003 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.11511&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.13185" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.11511/lat -34.13185)">Wattamolla Creek</a>, Royal NP, 34°07.911 S 151°06.907 E, 29 m asl, 23-i-2024 . Queensland. 3/0/0, Lake Moondarra, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=139.57262&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.5879" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 139.57262/lat -20.5879)">Mt Isa</a>, 20°35.274 S 139°34.357 E, 8-x-2005 ; 0/4/0, Davies Creek, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.56967&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.003532" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.56967/lat -17.003532)">Davies Creek</a> NP, 17°00.212 S 145°34.180 E, 753 m asl, 13-x-2005 ; 0/4/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=144.4642&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.35065" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 144.4642/lat -20.35065)">Porcupine Creek</a>, Porcupine Gorge NP, 20°21.039 S 144°27.852 E, 23-x-2005 ; 0/3/0, Little Yabba Creek at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.65175&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.615467" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.65175/lat -26.615467)">Charlie Moreland Campground</a>, Kenilworth, 26°36.928 S 152°39.105 E, 107 m asl, 2-xi-2005 ; 1/0/0, Yabba Creek at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.44873&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.637516" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.44873/lat -26.637516)">Peach Trees Campground</a>, Jimna, 26°38.251 S 152°26.924 E, 465 m asl, 2-xi-2005 ; 0/3/0, Emu Creek at Clancy’s Camping Area, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.16527&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.972233" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.16527/lat -26.972233)">Benarkin State Forest</a>, 26°58.334 S 152°09.916 E, 162 m asl, 3-xi-2005 ; 1/0/0, unnamed creek 7.6 km N of Archer River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.90527&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.38595" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.90527/lat -13.38595)">Cape</a> York Peninsula, 13°23.157 S 142°54.316 E, 103 m asl, 23-x-2014 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.9421&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.095567" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.9421/lat -13.095567)">Wenlock River</a> at crossing with road to Iron Range NP, 13°05.734 S 142°56.526 E, 108 m asl, 25-x-2014 ; 0/3/0, Kolan River crossing <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.47232&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.739134" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.47232/lat -24.739134)">Gin Gin</a> — Kalpowar Road, 24°44.348 S 151°28.339 E, 149 m asl, 29-xi-2014 ; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.99026&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.796583" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.99026/lat -26.796583)">Ewen Maddock Dam</a>, NE of Landsborough, 26°47.795 S 152°59.416 E, 29 m asl, 1-xii-2014 . Northern Territory. 1/0/0, Manton Dam, 12°51.726 S 131°07.148 E, 24-ix-2005; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.8406&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.671066" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.8406/lat -12.671066)">Lake Jabiru</a>, 12°40.264 S 132°50.436 E, 43 m asl, 27-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.25484&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.573633" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.25484/lat -13.573633)">Moline Bottom Rockhole</a>, Kakadu NP, 13°34.418 S 132°15.290 E, 175 m asl, 1-x-2005 ; 0/1/0, pools <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.41815&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.429367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.41815/lat -13.429367)">Waterfall Creek</a>, upstream of falls, Kakadu NP, 13°25.762 S 132°25.089 E, 143 m asl, 1-x-2005 ; 2/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.69366&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.964867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.69366/lat -13.964867)">Umbrawarra Gorge</a>, Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, 13°57.892 S 131°41.620 E, 1-x-2005 ; 0/1/0, plunge pool <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.18903&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.18165" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.18903/lat -14.18165)">Edith falls</a>, Nitmiluk NP, 14°10.899 S 132°11.342 E, 149 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 1/5/0, Copperfield Dam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.81825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.845317" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.81825/lat -13.845317)">Pine Creek</a>, 13°50.719 S 131°49.095 E, 212 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.18785&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.1814165" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.18785/lat -14.1814165)">Edith River</a> downstream of Plunge Pool, Nitmiluk NP, 14°10.885 S 132°11.271 E, 149 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 3/3/0, Campbell Springs, 38 km E of Victoria <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.3888&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-15.495816" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.3888/lat -15.495816)">River Roadhouse</a>, Gregory NP, 15°29.749 S, 131°23.328 E, 4-x-2005 .</p><p>Distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia. Reported here for the first time for Tasmania.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D19FFCD58C792B4FD9CFA8C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D19FFCE58C79478FAE4FBB4.text	03EE87B80D19FFCE58C79478FAE4FBB4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea branacha Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea branacha Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. New South Wales. 0/1/0, Bombala River at crossing with <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.3948&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-36.7067" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.3948/lat -36.7067)">New Line Road</a>, 36°42.402 S 149°23.688 E, 782 m asl, 11-xii-2003 . Queensland. 0/2/0, Mt Carbine Dam, Mt Carbine, 16°32.019 S 145°07.525 E, 358 m asl, 14-x-2005; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.65175&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.615467" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.65175/lat -26.615467)">Little Yabba Creek</a> at Charlie Moreland Campground, Kenilworth, 26°36.928 S 152°39.105 E , 107 m asl, 2-xi-2005; 0/3/0, unnamed creek 7.6 km N of Archer River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.90527&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.38595" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.90527/lat -13.38595)">Cape</a> York Peninsula, 13°23.157 S 142°54.316 E , 103 m asl, 23-x-2014; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.94243&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.434016" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.94243/lat -13.434016)">Archer River</a>, Cape York Peninsula, 13°26.041 S 142°56.546 E , 93 m asl, 23-x-2014; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.57712&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.630633" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.57712/lat -13.630633)">Mango Lagoon</a>, Oyala Thumotang NP, 13°37.838 S 142°34.627 E , 73 m asl, 24-x-2014; 3/4/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=143.2541&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.7392" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 143.2541/lat -12.7392)">West Claudie River</a> at crossing with Portland Road, Iron Range NP, 12°44.352 S 143°15.246 E , 64 m asl, 26-x-2014; 1/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=143.10547&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.7549" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 143.10547/lat -12.7549)">Brown Creek</a> at crossing with road to Iron Range NP, 12°45.294 S 143°06.328 E , 53 m asl, 27-x-2014; 2/0/0, Alligator Creek, pool, upstream, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.97452&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.445667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.97452/lat -19.445667)">Bowling Green Bay</a> NP, 19°26.740 S 146°58.471 E , 79 m asl, 11-xi-2014; 4/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.6889&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.623783" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.6889/lat -26.623783)">Little Yabba Creek</a> at crossing with road Kenilworth-Maleny, 26°37.427 S 152°41.334 E , 98 m asl, 19- xi-2014; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.47232&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.739134" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.47232/lat -24.739134)">Kolan River</a> crossing Gin Gin— Kalpowar Road, 24°44.348 S 151°28.339 E , 149 m asl, 29-xi-2014; 2/4/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.69194&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.046734" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.69194/lat -27.046734)">Neurum Creek</a> downstream of Rockhole, d’Aquilar NP, 27°02.804 S 152°41.516 E, 197 m asl, 30-xi-2014 . Northern Territory. 0/1/0, Manton Dam, 12°51.726 S 131°07.148 E, 24-ix-2005; 1/1/0, Wangi Creek upstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.6861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.163867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.6861/lat -13.163867)">Wangi Falls</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°09.832 S 130°41.166 E, 25-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, Florence Creek downstream <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.78331&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.0980835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.78331/lat -13.0980835)">Florence Falls</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°05.885 S 130°46.999 E, 25-ix-2005 ; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.69882&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.078234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.69882/lat -13.078234)">Walker Creek</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°04.694 S 130°41.929 E, 161 m asl, 25-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.43799&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.317266" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.43799/lat -13.317266)">Barramundie Creek</a> down stream of plunge pool, Kakadu NP, 13°19.036 S 132°26.279 E, 28-ix-2005 ; 1/1/0, plunge pool <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.41649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.43195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.41649/lat -13.43195)">Gunlom</a>, Kakadu NP, 13°25.917 S 132°24.989 E, 30-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.25484&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.573633" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.25484/lat -13.573633)">Moline Bottom Rockhole</a>, Kakadu NP, 13°34.418 S 132°15.290 E, 175 m asl, 1-x-2005 ; 0/2/0, pools <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.41815&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.429367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.41815/lat -13.429367)">Waterfall Creek</a>, upstream of falls, Kakadu NP, 13°25.762 S 132°25.089 E, 143 m asl, 1-x-2005 ; 8/7/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.69366&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.964867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.69366/lat -13.964867)">Umbrawarra Gorge</a>, Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, 13°57.892 S 131°41.620 E, 1-x-2005 ; 3/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.29271&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.5635" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.29271/lat -13.5635)">Ferny Gully</a>, Kakadu NP, 13°33.810 S 132°17.563 E, 1-x-2005 ; 1/4/0, Copperfield Dam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.81825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.845317" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.81825/lat -13.845317)">Pine Creek</a>, 13°50.719 S 131°49.095 E, 212 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 2/4/0, Edith River downstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.18785&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.1814165" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.18785/lat -14.1814165)">Plunge Pool</a>, Nitmiluk NP, 14°10.885 S 132°11.271 E, 149 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 0/2/0, small pool downstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.44472&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.312583" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.44472/lat -14.312583)">Southern Rockhole</a>, Nitmiluk NP, 14°18.755 S 132°26.683 E, 3-x-2005 ; 0/3/0, Lily Pond, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.4721&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.31335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.4721/lat -14.31335)">Katherine Gorge</a>, Nitmiluk NP, 14°18.801 S 132°28.326 E, 3-x-2005 ; 0/1/0, Campbell Springs, 38 km E of Victoria <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.3888&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-15.495816" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.3888/lat -15.495816)">River Roadhouse</a>, Gregory NP, 15°29.749 S 131°23.328 E, 4-x-2005 ; 0/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.9421&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.095567" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.9421/lat -13.095567)">Wenlock River</a> at crossing with road to Iron Range NP, 13°05.734 S 142°56.526 E, 108 m asl, 25-x-2014 . 1/0/0, Wangi Creek upstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.6861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.163867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.6861/lat -13.163867)">Wangi Falls</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°09.832 S 130°41.166 E, 25-ix-2005, dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) .</p><p>Distribution. New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D19FFCE58C79478FAE4FBB4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1AFFCE58C79785FC8AFAF8.text	03EE87B80D1AFFCE58C79785FC8AFAF8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea circularis Smit 2004	<div><p>Koenikea circularis Smit, 2004</p><p>Material examined. Northern Territory. 0/1/0, Wangi Creek upstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.6861&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.163867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.6861/lat -13.163867)">Wangi Falls</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°09.832 S 130°41.166 E, 25-ix-2005 ; 1/1/0, Florence Creek downstream <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.78331&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.0980835" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.78331/lat -13.0980835)">Florence Falls</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°05.885 S 130°46.999 E, 25-ix-2005 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.69882&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.078234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.69882/lat -13.078234)">Walker Creek</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°04.694 S 130°41.929 E, 161 m asl, 25-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, plunge pool Gunlom, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.41649&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.43195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.41649/lat -13.43195)">Kakadu</a> NP, 13°25.917 S 132°24.989 E, 30-ix-2005 .</p><p>Distribution. Northern Territory and Western Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1AFFCE58C79785FC8AFAF8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1AFFCF58C796C9FC6BFF78.text	03EE87B80D1AFFCF58C796C9FC6BFF78.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea crinita Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea crinita Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. Tasmania. 1/2/0, Rapid River at crossing with <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.09996&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-41.154785" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.09996/lat -41.154785)">South Arthur River Forest Drive</a>, 41°09.287 S 145°05.998 E, 70 m asl, 22-iii-2008 . New South Wales. 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.69165&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.185766" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.69165/lat -30.185766)">Nymboida River</a> at Platypus Flat, Nymboi-Binderay NP, 30°11.146 S 152°41.499 E, 443 m asl, 9-xi-2003 ; 0/1/0, Wheeny Creek at crossing with Comleroy Road, 1- xii-2003 ; 0/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.82814&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.43265" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.82814/lat -33.43265)">Colo River</a> at crossing with Putty Road, 33°25.959 S 150°49.688 E, 1-xii-2003 ; 1/0/0, White Rock River at crossing with Imlay Road, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.35617&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-37.13535" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.35617/lat -37.13535)">South East Forests</a> NP, 37°08.121 S 149°21.370 E, 505 m asl, 10-xii-2003 ; 0/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.48378&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-37.0831" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.48378/lat -37.0831)">Wog Wog River</a> at crossing with Wog Way, 37°04.986 S 149°29.027 E, 332 m asl, 10-xii-2003 ; 3/13/1, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.3948&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-36.7067" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.3948/lat -36.7067)">Bombala River</a> at crossing with New Line Road, 36°42.402 S 149°23.688 E, 782 m asl, 11-xii-2003 ; 0/2/0, Shoalhaven River at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.64851&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-35.724785" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.64851/lat -35.724785)">Berlang Camping Area</a>, Deua NP, 35°43.487 S 149°38.911 E, 706 m asl, 14-xii-2003 ; 0/3/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.34749&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-35.259983" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.34749/lat -35.259983)">Bunnai Creek</a> at crossing with Pointer Dam Road, Morton NP, 35°15.599 S 150°20.849 E, 469 m asl, 17-xii-2003 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.90448&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.3604" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.90448/lat -30.3604)">Never Never Creek</a>, Tallywood Point, 30°21.624 S 152°54.269 E, 7-xi-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.71663&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-33.456116" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.71663/lat -33.456116)">Wheeny Creek</a>, Wollemi NP, 33°27.367 S 150°42.998 E, 75 m asl, 26-i-2024 . Queensland. 0/2/0, Tim Shea Creek near Tim Shea Falls, Bunya Mountains NP, 18-xi-2003 ; 0/1/0, Saddle-tree Creek, Bunya Mountains NP, 19-xi-2003 ; 1/0/0, Barkers Creek at Little Falls, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.58044&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.866156" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.58044/lat -26.866156)">Bunya Mountains</a> NP, 26°51'58,16"S 151°34'49,61"E, 19-xi-2003 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=148.51126&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.167816" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 148.51126/lat -21.167816)">Broken River</a>, Eungella NP, 21°10.069 S 148°30.676 E, 25-x-2005 ; 1/1/0, Buaraba Creek, Ravensbourne NP, 4-xi-2005 ; 1/0/0, Booloumba Creek crossing <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.64983&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.634733" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.64983/lat -26.634733)">Booloumba Creek</a> Road, Conondale NP, 26°38.084 S 152°38.990 E, 14 m asl, 19-xi-2014 .</p><p>Distribution. Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1AFFCF58C796C9FC6BFF78	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C79249FBC2FD4C.text	03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C79249FBC2FD4C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea distans K. O. Viets 1980	<div><p>Koenikea distans K.O. Viets, 1980</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.86855&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-17.3414" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.86855/lat -17.3414)">Babinda River</a>, Wooroonooran NP, 17°20.484 S 145°52.113 E, 16-x-2005 ; 0/2/0, Anamoor Creek at Anamoor Campground, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.55641&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.35965" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.55641/lat -26.35965)">Anamoor State Forest</a>, 26°21.579 S 152°33.385 E, 119 m asl, 2- xi-2005 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.30115&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.859533" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.30115/lat -25.859533)">Calgoa Creek</a> at crossing with Brooweena — Woologa Road, 25°51.572 S 152°18.069 E, 70 m asl, 18-xi-2014 ; 0/1/0, Booloumba Creek crossing <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.64983&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.634733" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.64983/lat -26.634733)">Booloumba Creek</a> Road, Conondale NP, 26°38.084 S 152°38.990 E, 14 m asl, 19-xi-2014 ; 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.47232&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.739134" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.47232/lat -24.739134)">Kolan River</a> crossing Gin Gin — Kalpowar Road, 24°44.348 S 151°28.339 E, 149 m asl, 29-xi-2014 . Northern Territory. 1/10/0, Umbrawarra Gorge, Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, 13°57.892 S 131°41.620 E, 1-x-2005; 0/1/0, small pool downstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.44472&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-14.312583" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.44472/lat -14.312583)">Southern Rockhole</a>, Nitmiluk NP, 14°18.755 S 132°26.683 E, 3-x-2005 .</p><p>Distribution. New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C79249FBC2FD4C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C7901DFD74FBFC.text	03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C7901DFD74FBFC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea jacunda Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea jacunda Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 7/13/0, Fern Tree Pool, Cania Gorge NP, 24°43.685 S 150°58.330 E, 31-x-2005; 1/0/0, Alligator Creek, pool, upstream, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.97452&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.445667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.97452/lat -19.445667)">Bowling Green Bay</a> NP, 19°26.740 S 146°58.471 E, 79 m asl, 11-xi-2014 ; 2/3/0, Neurum Creek downstream of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.69194&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.046734" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.69194/lat -27.046734)">Rockhole</a>, d’Aquilar NP, 27°02.804 S 152°41.516 E, 197 m asl, 30-xi-2014 . Northern Territory. 2/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.87846&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.82675" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.87846/lat -12.82675)">Gubarra Creek</a> upstream of pool, Kakadu NP, 12°49.605 S 132°52.708 E, 27-ix-2005 ; 0/1/0, Campbell Springs, 38 km E of Victoria <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.3888&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-15.495816" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.3888/lat -15.495816)">River Roadhouse</a>, Gregory NP, 15°29.749 S 131°23.328 E, 4-x-2005 .</p><p>Remarks. See Smit 2004 p. 177.</p><p>Distribution. Queensland, Northern Territory.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C7901DFD74FBFC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C797CDFAE1F9D0.text	03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C797CDFAE1F9D0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea lemba Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea lemba Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. New South Wales. 1/2/0, unnamed creek at crossing with Wyndham-Candelo road, SE Forests NP, 11-xii-2003 ; 0/1/0, Mumbulla Creek at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=149.89386&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-36.57581" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 149.89386/lat -36.57581)">Mumbulla Creek Picnic Area</a>, Biamanga NP, 36°34'32.92"S 149°53'37.93"E, 12-xii-2003 ; 0/1/0, Sugarloaf Creek at crossing with <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.01192&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-35.5623" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.01192/lat -35.5623)">Misty Mountain</a> Road, Monga NP, 35°33.738 S 150°00.715 E, 145 m asl, 15-xii-2003 ; 2/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.90448&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-30.3604" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.90448/lat -30.3604)">Never Never Creek</a>, Tallywood Point, 30°21.624 S 152°54.269 E, 7-xi-2005 ; 2/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.11511&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-34.13185" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.11511/lat -34.13185)">Wattamolla Creek</a>, Royal NP, 34°07.911 S 151°06.907 E, 29 m asl, 23-i-2024 . Queensland. 2/2/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.60962&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.68185" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.60962/lat -26.68185)">Peter’s Creek</a> at crossing with road Kenilworth-Jimna, 26°40.911 S 152°36.577 E, 3-xi-2005 ; 4/4/0, Buaraba Creek, Ravensbourne NP, 4-xi-2005 ; 1/0/0, Logan River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.73541&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-28.280266" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.73541/lat -28.280266)">Mt Barney</a> NP, 28°16.816 S 152°44.125 E, 207 m asl, 22-xi-2014 .</p><p>Distribution. Tasmania, New South Wales and Victoria. Reported here for the first time for Queensland.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C797CDFAE1F9D0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C795A1FC87F8CC.text	03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C795A1FC87F8CC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea lewisensis Smit 2004	<div><p>Koenikea lewisensis Smit, 2004</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 14/14/0, unnamed creek Mt Lewis, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.27264&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.5915" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.27264/lat -16.5915)">Julatten</a>, 16°35.490 S 145°16.359 E, 980 m asl, 14-x-2005 ; 4/0/0, Bushy Creek, Mt Lewis, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.27951&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-16.594616" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.27951/lat -16.594616)">Julatten</a>, 16°35.677 S 145°16.771 E, 985 m asl, 29-x-2014 .</p><p>Distribution. Only known from Mt Lewis, Queensland.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1BFFCF58C795A1FC87F8CC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1CFFC958C79394FE49FC00.text	03EE87B80D1CFFC958C79394FE49FC00.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea piota Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea piota Cook, 1986</p><p>Figures 1, 12A</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 1/0/0, Oliver Creek, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.94398&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.415367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.94398/lat -18.415367)">Daintree NP</a>, 16°08.283 S 145°26.480 E, 15-x-2005, dissected and slide mounted (RMNH); 0/1/0, Broadwater Creek, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.94398&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.415367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.94398/lat -18.415367)">Broadwater State Forest</a>, 18°24.922 S 145°56.639 E, 52 m asl, 8-xi-2014, dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) .</p><p>Remarks. Thus far, the male was unknown, and therefore a description is given below. The female from Broadwater Creek differs in Dgl-4 not as close as in Fig. 983 of Cook 1986, but idiosoma shape rounded and dorsal glandularia on small tubercles (Figure 1E) makes its assignment to K. piota likely. More material is needed to clarify the taxonomic status of this population.</p><p>Description. Male —Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields. Dorsal shield 531 long and 531 wide, with six pairs of glandularia: five pairs placed laterally on small tubercles and one pair located close together near the middle. Dorsal shield with a coloration as photographed in Figure 12A. Ventral shield with tubercles near lateral margin, 594 long and 569 wide; gnathosomal bay 112 long. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxae. Coxoglandularia 2 located close to posterior margin of Cx-IV. Genital field subterminal, with approximately 19 pairs of acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain), 281 wide; gonopore 67 long and 45 wide. A pair of glandularia partially surrounded by the acetabula at posterior margin of genital plates. Excretory pore terminal. Ejaculatory complex 126 long.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figure 1C: dorsal length/height: P1, 13/29; P2, 68/35; P3, 39/28; P4, 72/22; P5, 44/16; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle placed well proximal to the distal end of the segment. Gnathosoma ventrally (with anchoral process) 126 long, chelicera 126 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 52, 96, 114, 144, 142, 148; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment and greatly thickened; dorsal lengths of IV-leg-2-6: 94, 109, 144, 156, 175; II-leg-5 with two swimming setae; III-leg-3 with one, III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with two, IV-leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Distribution. Queensland.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1CFFC958C79394FE49FC00	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1DFFC958C790D1FC77FAD4.text	03EE87B80D1DFFC958C790D1FC77FAD4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea pseudodistans Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea pseudodistans Cook, 1986</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=138.48724&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.700184" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 138.48724/lat -18.700184)">Lawn Hill Creek</a> at campground, Lawn Hill NP, 18°42.011 S 138°29.235 E, 10-x-2005 ; 2/1/0, unnamed creek 7.6 km N of Archer River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.90527&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.38595" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.90527/lat -13.38595)">Cape</a> York Peninsula, 13°23.157 S 142°54.316 E, 103 m asl, 23-x-2014 ; 2/1/0, West Claudie River at crossing with <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=143.2541&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-12.7392" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 143.2541/lat -12.7392)">Portland Road</a>, Iron Range NP, 12°44.352 S 143°15.246 E, 64 m asl, 26-x-2014 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.2407&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-25.741617" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.2407/lat -25.741617)">Spring Creek</a>, N of Woolooga, 25°44.497 S 152°14.442 E, 111m asl, 18- xi-2014 ; 1/0/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=151.70798&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.828" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 151.70798/lat -24.828)">Takilberan Creek</a> N of Gin Gin at crossing with Bruce Highway, 24°49.680 S 151°42.479 E, 85 m asl, 18-xi-2014 . 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.3529&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-10.922584" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.3529/lat -10.922584)">Burster Creek</a>, SE of Injinoo, Cape York Peninsula, 10°55.355 S 142°21.174 E, 3 m asl, 22- x-2014 , dissected and slide mounted. Northern Territory. 1/3/0, Bitter Springs, Elsey NP, 14°54.760 S 133°05.386 E, 5-x-2005 .</p><p>Distribution. Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1DFFC958C790D1FC77FAD4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1DFFC958C796A5FE51F8F0.text	03EE87B80D1DFFC958C796A5FE51F8F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea rutala Cook 1986	<div><p>Koenikea rutala Cook, 1986</p><p>Figures 2, 12C</p><p>Material examined. 1/0/0 <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=145.80241&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-18.602167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 145.80241/lat -18.602167)">Stony Creek</a> upstream Wallaman Falls, Girringun NP, 18°36.130 S 145°48.145 E, 549 m asl, 8-xi-2014, dissected and slide mounted (RMNH) .</p><p>Remarks. In regard to the dorsal shield coloration (as illustrated in Figure 12C), dorsal glandularia 3 and 4 only slightly closer to each other on their respective sides than 5 and 6 are to each other (Figure 2B), the somewhat hooked projections near IV-leg insertions (Figure 2A) and nearly terminal position of genital field at the truncate posterior margin of the ventral shield (Figure 2A), the male from Stony Creek matches the description of K. rutala . The latter species was originally described by Cook (1986) based on a single male collected in Nigger Creek in Queensland. A difference is found in glandularia 3 and 4 closer to each other than 5 and 6 but almost equal in the original description of K. rutala (see fig. 989 in Cook 1986).</p><p>Distribution. Queensland</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1DFFC958C796A5FE51F8F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1FFFCB58C79394FC52FE08.text	03EE87B80D1FFFCB58C79394FC52FE08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea saponaria Smit 2007	<div><p>Koenikea saponaria Smit, 2007</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 0/1/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=153.14124&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-28.214718" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 153.14124/lat -28.214718)">West Canungra Creek</a> at Blue Pool, Lamington NP, 28°12'52.98"S 153°8'28.43"E, 15-xi-2003 .</p><p>Remarks. The species has been described from the hyporheic of the West Canungra Creek. The species has a characteristic slender P5, not mentioned by Smit (2007).</p><p>Distribution. Queensland, only known from the West Canungra Creek.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1FFFCB58C79394FC52FE08	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D1FFFC458C792D8FC77FE08.text	03EE87B80D1FFFC458C792D8FC77FE08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea timmsi K. O. Viets 1977	<div><p>Koenikea timmsi K.O. Viets, 1977</p><p>Figure 3</p><p>Material examined. Queensland. 2/10/0, Pandanus Creek, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=148.5443&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-20.7984" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 148.5443/lat -20.7984)">Cathu State Forest</a>, 20°47.904 S 148°32.658 E, 24-x-2005 ; 0/1/0, Little Yabba Creek at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.65175&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-26.615467" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.65175/lat -26.615467)">Charlie Moreland Campground</a>, Kenilworth, 26°36.928 S 152°39.105 E, 107 m asl, 2-xi-2005 ; 1/1/0, Elliot Creek at Fruit Bat Falls, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.43477&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.4395" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.43477/lat -11.4395)">Cape</a> York Peninsula, 11°26.370 S 142°26.086 E, 72 m asl, 19- x-2014 , dissected and slide mounted (RMNH). Northern Territory. 0/1/0, Manton Dam, 12°51.726 S 131°07.148 E, 24-ix-2005; 0/8/0, pools <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.41815&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.429367" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.41815/lat -13.429367)">Waterfall Creek</a>, upstream of falls, Kakadu NP, 13°25.762 S 132°25.089 E, 143 m asl, 1-x-2005 ; 0/4/0, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.69366&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.964867" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.69366/lat -13.964867)">Umbrawarra Gorge</a>, Umbrawarra Gorge Nature Park, 13°57.892 S 131°41.620 E, 1-x-2005 ; 0/7/0, Copperfield Dam, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=131.81825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.845317" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 131.81825/lat -13.845317)">Pine Creek</a>, 13°50.719 S 131°49.095 E, 212 m asl, 2-x-2005 ; 1/0/0, Alligator Creek, pool, upstream, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=146.97452&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-19.445667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 146.97452/lat -19.445667)">Bowling Green Bay</a> NP, 19°26.740 S 146°58.471 E, 79 m asl, 11-xi-2014 , dissected and slide mounted (RMNH); 0/4/0, Ferny Gully, Kakadu NP, 13°33.810 S 132°17.563 E, 1-x-2005 .</p><p>Remarks. In the slide mounted specimens (illustrated in Figures 3 A-B) from Elliot Creek Cxgl-2 are located between the posterior margin of fourth coxal plates and genital plates. The tubercle of the peg-like seta of P-4 is located near the distal end of the segment (Figure 3C), and the dorsal shield is lacking peculiar coloration (Figure 12B). The most posterior of the four laterally located dorsoglandularia are located close to the margin of dorsal shield. The most posterior of the latter dorsoglandularia has a noticeably enlarged dorsal opening which is diagnostic for K. timmsi .</p><p>Distribution. Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D1FFFC458C792D8FC77FE08	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D10FFC458C79121FE9BF8F0.text	03EE87B80D10FFC458C79121FE9BF8F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea yorkensis Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea yorkensis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 4–5, 12D–E</p><p>Material examined. Male holotype (QM), Queensland, Jardine River, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.35559&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.151167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.35559/lat -11.151167)">Cape</a> York <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=142.35559&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-11.151167" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 142.35559/lat -11.151167)">Peninsula</a>, 11°09.070S 142°21.335 E, 7 m asl, 22-x-2014, dissected and slide mounted. Paratype: 0/1/0, same data as the holotype, dissected and slide mounted (QM) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with a peculiar coloration; Dgl-3 and Dgl-4 located very close to the lateral margin of the dorsal shield; apodemes of anterior coxae extending nearly to the middle of fourth coxal plates; tubercle of P4 placed slightly proximally to distal end of the segment.</p><p>Description. Male. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields. Dorsal shield 606 long and 550 wide, with six pairs of dorsoglandularia. One pair of glandularia situated more medially and five pairs of dorsoglandularia located near the margin of the dorsal shield, two of these glandularia (Dgl-3 and Dgl-4) shifted more closely to the lateral margin of the dorsal shield as illustrated in Figure 4B. Dorsal shield with a peculiar coloration, as photographed in Figures 12 D-E. Ventral shield 625 long and 600 wide. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending nearly to the middle of fourth coxal plates. Coxoglandularia 2 located between posterior margin of Cx-IV and genital plate, but closer to genital plate (Figure 4C). Genital field subterminal, 272 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, gonopore 63 long and 34 wide; genital field with one large glandularium surrounded by approximately 23–25 small acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain). Excretory pore terminal. Ejaculatory complex 122 long.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figure 4D: dorsal length/height: P1, 22/36; P2, 77/42; P3, 47/34; P4, 61/25; P5, 34/17; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle placed slightly posterior to the distal end of the segment. Gnathosoma (with anchoral process) ventrally 128 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 53, 106, 119, 147, 141, 177; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 4E); dorsal lengths of IV-leg-2-6: 103, 104, 149, 159, 181. II-leg-5 with two swimming setae, III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with one, IV-leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Female. Similar to male, except in the shape of the genital field (Figure 5). Dorsal shield 738 long and 600 wide; ventral shield 738 long and 681 wide; gnathosomal bay 98 long. Gonopore 69 wide; 322 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula.</p><p>Palp as in male; dorsal length/height: P1, 20/33; P2, 77/44; P3, 44/38; P4, 66/25; P5, 37/12. Gnathosoma (without anchoral process) ventrally 63 long; chelicera 125 long, claw 50 long. Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 61, 115, 125, 154, 134, 150; dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 80, 106, 134, 169, 188, 197; swimming setae setation as in male.</p><p>Etymology. Named for its occurrence in Cape York Peninsula.</p><p>Remarks. The new species resembles Koenikea timmsi K.O. Viets, 1977 but clearly differs in characteristic colour pattern (compare Figure 12 D-E and Figure 12B), apodemes of anterior coxae reaching middle of the fourth coxal plates and P4 ventral tubercle shifted more proximally from the distal end of the segment (compare figures 4D and 3C).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D10FFC458C79121FE9BF8F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D12FFC058C79774FE89FE9C.text	03EE87B80D12FFC058C79774FE89FE9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea brachypalpis Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea brachypalpis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 6, 12G</p><p>Material examined. Male holotype (NTM), Northern Territory, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.69882&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.078234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.69882/lat -13.078234)">Walker Creek</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°04.694 S 130°41.929 E, 161 m asl, 25-ix-2005, dissected and slide mounted .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with a peculiar coloration; posterior margin of fourth coxae reversed heart-shaped, reaching anterior margin of gonopore; palpal segments stocky, tubercle of P4 placed slightly proximally to distal end of the segment.</p><p>Description. Male. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields. Dorsal shield 419 long and 363 wide, with six pairs of glandularia on tubercles. Dgl-3 and Dgl-4 located approximately the same distance from lateral margin of dorsal shield. Dorsal shield with a peculiar coloration, as photographed in Figure 12G. Ventral shield 441 long and 395 wide; gnathosomal bay 93 long. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin of ventral shield. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxae. Posterior margin of fourth coxae reversed heart-shaped, reaching anterior margin of gonopore. Coxoglandularia 2 located near posterior margin of Cx-IV (Figure 6A). Genital field with one large glandularium surrounded by approximately 13-15 small acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain), 225 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, gonopore 42 long and 23 wide. Excretory pore terminal.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figure 6C: dorsal length/height: P1, 16/28; P2, 72/48; P3, 34/38; P4, 60/25; P5, 33/15; palpal segments stocky, P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle placed slightly posterior to the distal end of the segment. Gnathosoma (with anchoral process) 95 long; basal segment of chelicera 95 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 84, 94, 94, 128, 108, 134; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 6D); dorsal lengths of IV-leg-2-6: 92, 116, 147, 161, 179. II-leg-5 with one swimming seta; III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with one, IV-leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Etymology. Named for its stocky palp (Greek brachys = short)</p><p>Remarks. The new species can be separated from all other species in peculiar dorsal coloration, the posterior margin of fourth coxae reversed heart-shaped, reaching anterior margin of gonopore and stout palpal segments, especially P4.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D12FFC058C79774FE89FE9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D15FFC158C79394FA9DFBD8.text	03EE87B80D15FFC158C79394FA9DFBD8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea interstitialis Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea interstitialis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 7, 12F</p><p>Material examined. Male holotype (QM), Queensland, Dalrymple Creek, hyporheic, at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=152.34132&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-27.978333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 152.34132/lat -27.978333)">Kurrajong Picnic Area</a>, Main Range NP, 27°58.700 S 152°20.479 E, 704 m asl, 22-xi-2014, dissected and slide mounted; Paratype male, same date and location as holotype (RMNH) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dgl-4 much more separated from Dgl-3; tips of first coxal plates pointed; gonopore slit-like, P4 peg-like seta inserted directly on the segment near distal end.</p><p>Description. Male. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields: small eye pigment present. Dorsal shield 556 long and 511 wide, dome-shaped with six pairs of dorsoglandularia as illustrated in Figure 7B. Dorsal shield without a peculiar coloration (Figure 12F). Ventral shield 575 long and 575 wide. Tips of first coxal plates pointed, reaching nearly frontal margin of ventral shield (Figure 7A). Apodemes of anterior coxae extending just beyond the suture line of third and fourth coxae. Posterior margin of Cx-IV straight. Coxoglandularia 2 located halfway between posterior margin of Cx-IV and genital plates. Genital field subterminal, with approximately seven pairs of acetabula, 200 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, gonopore slit-like (Figure 7C), 44 long and 9 wide. A relatively large pair of glandularia located at posterior margin of genital field. Excretory pore terminal. Ejaculatory complex 110 long.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figures 7 D-E: dorsal length/height: P1, 19/23; P2, 58/34; P3, 36/28; P4, 52/20; P5, 25/12; P4 peg-like seta inserted directly on the segment near distal end. Gnathosoma (with anchoral process) ventrally 109 long, chelicera 130 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg: 45, 92, 88, 117, 125, 169; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 7F); dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 58, 100, 106, 142, 152, 164; II-leg-5 with one swimming setae, III-leg-4 and 5 each with two swimming setae; IV-leg-4 and 5 each with four swimming setae.</p><p>Etymology. Named for its occurrence in interstitial habitat.</p><p>Remarks. Very much like Koenikea saponaria (like dorsal shield very convex) but gonopore not bulging, slit-like, tips of Cx-I pointed, Dgl-4 much more separated from Dgl-3 and pair of Dgl-6 closer to each other.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D15FFC158C79394FA9DFBD8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D15FFC358C797A8FC7BFE08.text	03EE87B80D15FFC358C797A8FC7BFE08.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea inconspicua Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea inconspicua sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 8, 12H</p><p>Material examined. Female holotype (NTM) , Northern Territory, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.29271&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.5635" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.29271/lat -13.5635)">Ferny Gully</a>, Kakadu NP, 13°33.810 S 132°17.563 E, 1-x-2005, dissected and slide mounted. Paratypes: 0/2/0 (one female RMNH) , Moline Bottom Rockhole, Kakadu NP, 13°34.418 S 132°15.290 E, 175 m asl, 1-x-2005, 0/1/0 dissected and slide mounted (NTM) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dgl-4 closer to Dgl-3 than to lateral margin, Dgl-4 located posterior to Dgl-3; palpal segments stocky, especially P4, seta of P4 not on a tubercle.</p><p>Description. Female. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields.Dorsal shield 440 long and 388 wide, with six pairs of dorsoglandularia as illustrated in Figure 8B. Dorsal shield without a peculiar coloration (Figure 12H). Ventral shield 522 long and 447 wide; gnathosomal bay 101 long. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin of ventral shield. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxae. Coxoglandularia 2 located between posterior margin of Cx-IV and genital plates. Genital field subterminal, 266 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, gonopore 81 long and 106 wide; genital field with one large glandularium surrounded by approximately 18 small acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain). Excretory pore terminal. Egg (n = 1) maximum diameter 122.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figures 8C–D: dorsal length/height: P1, 16/33; P2, 73/48; P3, 38/37; P4, 61/28; P5, 33/17; P4 peg-like seta inserted directly on the segment, before distal end. Gnathosoma (with anchoral process) ventrally 91 long; chelicera 125 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg-2–6: 84, 94, 119, 106, 114; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 8E); dorsal lengths of IV-leg-3–6: 113, 141, 153, 158. IIleg-4 with one swimming setae, II-leg-5 with two swimming setae; III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with one, IV-leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Etymology. Apart from the palp, with the seta of P4 not on a tubercle, the new species has no prominent characteristics (inconspicuus = not prominent).</p><p>Remarks. The new species resembles Koenikea jacunda Cook, 1986 . From the latter species the new species differs in Dgl-4 shifted posterior to Dgl-3 (in K. jacunda all three glandularia pairs, Dgl-3, -4 and 5 are in a line; see fig. 1020 in Cook 1986), and in somehow more stockier palps, especially P-4.</p><p>Smit (2004) stated that his specimens from Baboalba springs preliminary assigned to K. jacunda differs from holotype of the latter species in having stockier palps and a smaller size.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D15FFC358C797A8FC7BFE08	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D17FFC358C792D9FDF4F8F0.text	03EE87B80D17FFC358C792D9FDF4F8F0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea caniaensis Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea caniaensis sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 9–10, 12I</p><p>Material examined. Male holotype (QM), Queensland, Fern Tree Pool, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.97217&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.728083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.97217/lat -24.728083)">Cania Gorge NP</a>, 24°43.685 S 150°58.330 E, 31-x-2005, dissected and slide mounted. Paratypes: 0/1/0, same data as the holotype, dissected and slide mounted (QM); 2/6/0, Queensland, pool at <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.97217&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.728083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.97217/lat -24.728083)">The Overhang</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.97217&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-24.728083" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.97217/lat -24.728083)">Cania Gorge NP</a>, 31-x-2005 (1/3/0 QM, 1/3/0 RMNH) .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with five pairs of dorsoglandularia on large tubercles, Dgl-3 and Dgl-4 closer to each other than the other glandularia; dorsal shield with a coloration; posterior margin of Cx-IV reversed wide U-shaped; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle; I-leg-6&gt; 150 µm.</p><p>Description. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields. Dorsal shield 506 long and 447 wide, with five pairs of dorsoglandularia on large tubercles as illustrated in Figure 9B. Dorsal shield with a coloration as photographed in Figure 12I. Ventral shield with tubercles near lateral margin, 575 long and 546 wide; gnathosomal bay 115 long. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxae. Posterior margin of Cx-IV reversed wide U-shaped. Coxoglandularia 2 located close to posterior margin of Cx-IV. Genital field subterminal, with approximately 18–20 pairs of acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain), 238 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, gonopore 72 long and 28 wide; glandularia tubercle well posterior to genital field. Excretory pore terminal. Ejaculatory complex 131 long.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figure 9C: dorsal length/height: P1, 19/32; P2, 72/40; P3, 40/32; P4, 70/24; P5, 34/15; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle placed slightly posterior to the distal end of the segment. Gnathosoma (with anchoral process) ventrally 118 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg-2-6: 107, 108, 145, 148, 183; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 9D); dorsal lengths of IV-leg: 72, 101, 120, 156, 158, 167. II-leg-5 with two swimming setae; III-leg-3 with one, III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with one, IV -leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Female. Similar to male, except in the shape of the genital field (Figure 10A). Dorsal shield 609 long and 491 wide; ventral shield 663 long and 606 wide; gnathosomal bay 128 long. Gonopore long 56 and 59 wide; 289 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula.</p><p>Palp (Figure 10B) as in male; dorsal length/height: P1, 22/34; P2, 77/40; P3, 47/34; P4, 79/26; P5, 46/19. Gnathosoma (without anchoral process) ventrally 92 long. Dorsal lengths of I-leg-2-6: 122, 128, 161, 159, 176; dorsal lengths of IV-leg-2-6: 106, 128, 177, 180, 188; swimming setae setation as in male.</p><p>Etymology. Named for Cania NP, where the new species has been collected.</p><p>Remarks. The new species resembles Koenikea australica in the presence of five pairs of dorsoglandularia of the dorsal shield and the peg-like seta of P4 located on a tubercle. From the latter species, the new species clearly differs in coloration of the dorsal shield (in K. australica colour pattern consisting of a large central bluish patch and lateral brownish areas), a different arrangement of dorsal glandularia (in australica glandularia placed relatively far from each other, one of the glandularia located close to lateral margin on a very large tubercle), and posterior margin of Cx-IV reversed wide U-shaped.</p><p>Koenikea lewisensis Smit, 2004 differs in much shorter leg segments (I-leg-6 &lt;150 µm) and a rather short ventral tubercle on P4 (see Smit 2004).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D17FFC358C792D9FDF4F8F0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D09FFD858C79779FDD7FE9C.text	03EE87B80D09FFD858C79779FDD7FE9C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea tuberculata Smit & Pešić 2026	<div><p>Koenikea tuberculata sp. nov.</p><p>Figs. 11</p><p>Material examined. Male holotype (NTM), Northern Territory, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=130.69882&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-13.078234" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 130.69882/lat -13.078234)">Walker Creek</a>, Litchfield NP, 13°04.694 S 130°41.929 E, 161 m asl, 25-ix-2005, dissected and slide mounted .</p><p>Diagnosis. Dorsal shield with five pairs of dorsoglandularia; dorsal shield without a peculiar coloration; posterior margin of Cx-IV oblique; genital plates tapering; excretory pore on an extension; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle; I-leg-6 &lt;150 µm.</p><p>Description. Male. Dorsal and ventral shields present; dorsal furrow complete; no apophyses on either the dorsal or ventral shields. Dorsal shield 397 long and 400 wide, with five pairs of dorsoglandularia as illustrated in Figure 11B. Dorsal shield without a peculiar coloration. Ventral shield with tubercles near lateral margin, 469 long and 472 wide; gnathosomal bay 106 long. Tips of first coxal plates more or less rounded, not extending beyond frontal margin. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxae. Posterior margin of Cx-IV oblique. Coxoglandularia 2 located between close to posterior margin of Cx-IV. Genital field subterminal, with approximately 17–18 pairs of acetabula (exact number difficult to ascertain), 235 wide between most lateral pair of acetabula, genital plates tapering, gonopore 59 long and 19 wide; glandularia tubercle well posterior to genital field. Excretory pore terminal, on an extension. Ejaculatory complex long 106.</p><p>Palp as illustrated in Figures 11 C-D: dorsal length/height: P1, 14/23; P2, 89/27; P3, 30/23; P4, 58/19; P5, 30/13; P4 peg-like seta located on a well-developed tubercle placed slightly posterior to the distal end of the segment. Gnathosoma (without anchoral process) ventrally 196 long; chelicera 95 long, claw 38 long.</p><p>Dorsal lengths of I-leg-4-6: 109, 118, 144; first and second leg with long grooved or fluted setae, these of I-leg-4 and -5 longer than half of the segment (Figure 11E); dorsal lengths of IV-leg-2-6: 74, 84, 125, 123, 122. II-leg-4 with one swimming setae, II-leg-5 with two swimming setae; III-leg-4 and 5 each with three swimming setae; IV-leg-3 with one, IV-leg-4 and 5 each with three distoventral swimming setae.</p><p>Etymology. Named after the prominent setal tubercle of P-4.</p><p>Remarks. From Koenikea australica, a species similar in the presence of five pairs of glandularia on the dorsal shield and peg-like seta of P4 located on tubercle, the new species clearly differs in lacking peculiar coloration of the dorsal shield, a different arrangement of dorsal glandularia (in australica glandularia 4 shifted more from the lateral margin, and slightly anterior to the peripherally placed glandularia on a very large tubercle; see Cook 1986 fig. 968), excretory pore lying on an extension and much shorter leg segments, I-leg-6 &lt;150 µm (in australica I-leg-6&gt; 200 µm). Moreover, in the new species the posterior margin of Cx-IV is oblique and genital plates are tapering. Koenikea caniaensis sp. nov. has a more or less similar arrangement of the glandularia on the dorsal shield, but the posterior margin of Cx-IV is concave (straight in K. tuberculata sp. nov.) and the setal tubercle of P-4 is less prominent and closer to the distal margin of the segment.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D09FFD858C79779FDD7FE9C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
03EE87B80D0CFFD958C79064FA26FB13.text	03EE87B80D0CFFD958C79064FA26FB13.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Koenikea Wolcott 1900	<div><p>Key to the Australian Koenikea species</p><p>1. Without apophyses associated with the dorsal shield...................................................... 2</p><p>- With apophyses associated with dorsal shield.............................................. Koenikea sorpresa</p><p>2 Five pairs of glandularia on dorsal shield............................................................... 3</p><p>- Six pairs of glandularia on dorsal shield................................................................ 7</p><p>3 I-leg-6 &lt;150 µm.................................................................................. 4</p><p>- I-leg-6&gt; 200 µm.................................................................................. 5</p><p>4 All dorsal glandularia lying in the periphery of the dorsal shield...................... Koenikea tuberculata sp. nov.</p><p>- Dgl-4 distanced from periphery of dorsal shield........................................... Koenikea lewisensis</p><p>5 All dorsal glandularia lying in the periphery of the dorsal shield...................... Koenikea caniaensis sp. nov.</p><p>- One pair distance from periphery of dorsal shield......................................................... 6</p><p>6 Peg-like seta of P-4 located on a tubercle................................................ Koenikea australica</p><p>- Peg-like seta of P-4 located directly on segment.................................. Koenikea decapora Cook, 1986</p><p>7 (2) Dorsal shield with one pair of glandularia placed close together near middle of shield, the other five pairs peripheral.................................................................................... Koenikea piota Cook</p><p>- Dorsal shield not with one pair very close together near middle of shield...................................... 8</p><p>8 Grooved or fluted setae (“rillborsten”) of first and second legs relatively short (rillborsten of 1-leg-4 shorter than half of segment)................................................................. Koenikea curtiseta Cook, 1986</p><p>- Grooved or fluted setae longer, those of 1-leg-4 longer than half of segment.................................... 9</p><p>9 Glandularia 3, 4 and 5 more or less in a line............................................................ 10</p><p>- Glandularia 3, 4 and 5 not in a line, but glandularia 3 and 4 much closer to lateral margin than glandularium 4....... 11</p><p>10 Small species, both male and female &lt;500 µm, peg-like seta of P-4 inserted well before distal end of segment............................................................................................ Koenikea jacunda</p><p>- Larger species, both male and female&gt; 600 µm, peg-like seta of P-4 inserted near distal end...................... 11</p><p>11 Peg-like seta of P-4 inserted on a long tubercle (peg-like seta shorter than its tubercle)............... Koenikea lemba</p><p>- Peg-like seta of P-4 inserted on a short tubercle (peg-like seta longer than its tubercle).... Koenikea voloma Cook, 1986</p><p>12 Palp very slender........................................................ Koenikea gracilipalpis Smit, 2004</p><p>- Palp not very slender.............................................................................. 13</p><p>13 Coxal setae very long, especially of first coxal plates (anterior coxal setae extending beyond suture lines of first and coxal plates).......................................................................................... 14</p><p>- Coxal setae not very long........................................................................... 15</p><p>14 Idiosoma large, ventrally 623–881 in male, 821–1003 in female, Dgl-5 distanced from each other and close to Dgl-3 and Dgl-4............................................................................... Koenikea crinita</p><p>- Idiosoma smaller, 454 in male and 526–535 in female, Dgl-5 much closer to each other and distanced from Dgl-3 and Dgl-4....................................................................... Koenikea longiseta Smit, 2021</p><p>15 Glandularia 3 and 4 of dorsal shield only slightly closer to each other on their respective sides than glandularia 5 and 6 are to each other; projections associated with IV-leg insertions hook-like............................. Koenikea rutala</p><p>- Glandularia 3 and 4 much closer to each other on their respective sides than 5 and 6 are to each other; projections associated with IV-leg insertions not hook-like.................................................................. 16</p><p>16 Anterior margin of genital field with numerous small setae............................ Koenikea setosa Smit, 2004</p><p>- Anterior margin of genital field without numerous small setae.............................................. 17</p><p>17 Apodemes of first coxal plates very long, reaching to or beyond middle of fourth coxal plates.................... 18</p><p>- Apodemes of first coxal plates less long, reaching slightly beyond suture line of third and fourth coxal plates........ 19</p><p>18 Apodemes of first coxal plates reaching to middle of fourth coxal plates; Cxgl-2 lying halfway posterior margin of Cx-IV and genital field.............................................................. Koenikea yorkensis sp. nov.</p><p>- Apodemes of first coxal plates reaching to posterior margin of Cx-IV; Cxgl-2 lying close to posterior margin of Cx-IV.......................................................................... Koenikea circularis Smit, 2004</p><p>19 (17) Very slender species, length/width ratio of dorsal shield 1.47.......................... Koenikea rodosa Cook, 1986</p><p>- Not as slender, length/width ratio of dorsal shield less than 1.25............................................ 20</p><p>20 Posterior margin of Cx-IV reversed heart-shaped................................. Koenikea brachypalpis sp. nov.</p><p>- Posterior margin of Cx-IV not heart-shaped but straight................................................... 21</p><p>21 Genital field small, with fewer than 10 pairs of acetabula.................................................. 22</p><p>- Genital field larger, with more than 10 pairs of acetabula.................................................. 25</p><p>22 Genital field bulging in male, swimming setae of male shortened; genital field in both sexes with an enlarged glandularium............................................................... Koenikea rubipes Smit, 2004</p><p>- Genital field in male various, swimming setae longer; genital field without an enlarged glandularium.............. 23</p><p>23 Claw of male IV-leg-6 enlarged, apodemes of first coxal plates extending to suture line of third and fourth coxal plates; dorsal shield not dome-shaped.......................................... Koenikea pauciacetabulata Smit, 2004</p><p>- Claw of male IV-leg-6 not enlarged, apodemes of first coxal plates extending beyond suture line of third and fourth coxal plates; dorsal shield dome-shaped.................................................................... 24</p><p>24 Male gonopore bulging, relatively wide; pair of Dgl-6 relative well distanced.......... Koenikea saponaria Smit, 2007</p><p>- Male gonopore not bulging, slit-like; pair of Dgl-6 relatively close to each other........ Koenikea interstitialis sp. nov.</p><p>25(21) Claw of IV-leg-6 large, in male 60-70 µm in width (= from tip of claw to base), in female 38–42 µm in width........................................................................................ Koenikea pseudodistans</p><p>- Claw of IV-leg-6 smaller........................................................................... 26</p><p>26 Cxgl-2 closer to posterior margin of Cx-IV or halfway posterior margin of Cx-IV and genital field................. 27</p><p>- Cxgl-2 closer to genital field........................................................................ 28</p><p>27 Ventral seta P-4 on a short tubercle, P-4 slender.............................................. Koenikea timmsi</p><p>- Ventral seta of P-4 not on a tubercle, P-4 stocky.................................. Koenikea inconspicua sp. nov.</p><p>28 (26) IV-leg- 6 in male &lt;180 µm, &lt;170 µm in female, small species (L male 462–545, L female 518–745.................................................................................................. Koenikea branacha</p><p>- IV-leg- 6 in male&gt; 190 µm, in female&gt; 200 µm, large species (L male 567–632, L female 737–879..... Koenikea distans</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EE87B80D0CFFD958C79064FA26FB13	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Smit, Harry;Pešić, Vladimir	Smit, Harry, Pešić, Vladimir (2026): New records of the water mite genus Koenikea Wolcott, 1900 (Acari: Unionicolidae) from northern and eastern Australia, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 5752 (4): 451-473, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.4.1
