Coaustraliobates minor (Lundblad, 1947)

Orginal, Harry Smit, 2021, The water mites of Western Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of 13 new species, Acarologia 61 (4), pp. 928-966 : 942

Coaustraliobates minor (Lundblad, 1947)

New records — 4/2/0, Denmark River at crossing with Churchill Road, 34°53.758′ S 117°21.122′ E, 46 m asl, 4 Feb. 2019 ; 3/0/0, Styx River at crossing with Fernley Road, Denham, 34°53.056′ S 117°06.266′ E, 43 m asl, 6 Feb. 2019 ; 1/0/0, Workers Pool, St John Brook Conservation Park, 33°57.226′ S 115°41.207′ E, 43 m asl, 8 Feb. 2019 ; 2/9/2, Boorara Brook at crossing with Boorara Road, SE of Northcliffe, 34°41.149′ S 116°12.999′ E, 53 m asl,

9 Feb. 2019 ; 2/2/0, Lane Pool Falls, Boorara-Gardner NP, 34°41.700′ S 116°15.431′ E, 65 m

asl, 9 Feb. 2019 ; 3/3/3, Five Mile Brook at crossing with Duck Ponti Road, Greater Beedelup NP, Pemberton, 34°21.760′ S 115°57.500′ E, 190 m asl, 10 Feb. 2019 ; 3/1/1, small tributary of Big Brook, Pemberton, 34°23.718′ S 115°59.614′ E, 120 m asl, 10 Feb. 2019 ; 6/3/1, Carey Brook at crossing with Carey Road, Beedelup NP, 34°23.442′ S 115°51.648′ E, 113 m asl, 10

Feb. 2019; 3/0/2, Harvey River at crossing with Kevron Road, Lane Pool Reserve, 33°00.997′

S 116°05.585′ E, 246 m asl, 13 Feb. 2019 ; 0/1/0, Nanga Brook, Lane Pool Reserve, 32°48.265′

S 116°05.407′ E, 199 m asl, 14 Feb. 2019.

Distribution — Coaustraliobates minor is a common water mite in Australia, occurring in all states and territories. It has not been reported from South Australia and the SW-corner of Western Australia ( Harvey 1998a ; Smit 2001). Therefore, only records of the latter region are given here.