Piona puripalpis K.O. Viets, 1984

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 : 947-948

Piona puripalpis K.O. Viets, 1984

New records — 5/12/0, pool Lennard River, east side Windjana Gorge, 17°21′ S 125°20′ E, 10 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, pools upstream of Bell Gorge Falls, the Kimberley, 11 Sept. 1998 ; 0/3/0, plunge pool Adcock Gorge, the Kimberley, 12 Sept. 1998 ; 1/1/0, Jack’s Waterhole, Gibb River Road, the Kimberley, 14 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, Lily Creek Lagoon, Kununurra, 15°46′ S 128°44′ E,

17 Sept. 1998 ; 0/1/0, Lake Kununurra, 10 km SE of Kununurra, 15°52′7.45″ S 128°45′46.75″

E, 19 Sept. 1998 ; 0/9/0, Arthur Creek at crossing with Great Northern Highway, 23 Sept. 1998 ; 3/3/0, Geikie Gorge, western side, Geikie Gorge NP, 18°7′23.92″ S 125°39′42.47″ E, 28

Sept. 1998; 1/3/0, Fitzroy River at Fitzroy Crossing, 18°12′39.07″ S 125°34′40.91″ E, 28

Sept. 1998.

Remarks — In most females, the platelet between the pregenital sclerite and the large genital plates has two pairs of acetabula, but occasionally 3-4 pairs of acetabula can be found. Distribution — Known from the Northern Territory, Western Australia and New South Wales ( Harvey 1996a).