Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941

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 : 929

Limnochares (Cyclothrix) australica Lundblad, 1941

New records — 17/4/8, pool downstream of Manning Gorge, at campground, the Kimberley, 12 Sept. 1998 ; 1/4/0, Plunge pool Emma Gorge, the Kimberley, 16 Sept. 1998 ; 0/0/5, Lily Creek Lagoon, 15°46′ S 128°44′ E, 17 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, Taylor’s Lagoon, E of Broome, 17°46′43.15″

S 122°53′18.26″ E, 14 Oct. 1998 ; 0/1/0, Lake Campion, 17°50′50.37″ S 122°44′29.84″ E, 14

Oct. 1998.

Distribution — Smit (1996b) provisionally assigned specimens from New Zealand to this species, but a definitive assignment can only be made when the larvae are known. Within Australia, previously reported from Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia ( Harvey 1990b).