Dropursa babinda Cook, 1986

Smit, H., 2011, New Species Of Water Mites From New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Halacaridae), Acarologia 51 (3), pp. 321-345 : 338-339

Dropursa babinda Cook, 1986

Material examined — 0/1/0, unnamed creek crossing road to Pass Valley, 3°52.849’ S; 139°04.194’ E, alt. 2253 m a.s.l., 13-iii-2010 ; 0/2/0, unnamed creek crossing road to Pass Valley , 3°52.629’ S; 139°04.684’ E, alt. 2264 m a.s.l., 13-iii-2010 ; 0/2/0, River Yabawi , upstream of Harapan, 2°34.216’ S; 140°33.723’ E, alt. 120 m a.s.l., 28-iii-2010 ; 1/1/0, stream near Kampung Kleublouw , between Jayapura and Sentani, 2°35.249’ S; 140°35.187’ E, alt. 82 m a.s.l., 28-iii-2010 ; 0/1/0, River Kamp Walker , near UNCEN, Abepura, 2°34.202’ S; 140°38.886’ E, alt. 144 m a.s.l., 31-iii-2010 .

Remarks — Reported previously from New Guinea ( Papua New Guinea and Irian Jaya, Indonesia) by Wiles (1997a,b). Also known from Australia

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( Cook 1986).