Neumania (Neumania) nodosa (Daday, 1898)

Smit, Harry, 2021, The water mite genusNeumania Lebert, 1879 in Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Acarologia 61 (2), pp. 479-485 : 484

Neumania (Neumania) nodosa (Daday, 1898)

New records — Queensland. 3/5/0, shallow pool along road to Hanush Waterhole, Lakefield NP, 4 Sept. 2000 ; 0/1/0, Archer River at Archer River Roadhouse, Cape York Peninsula, 13°26 ′ 10.25 ″ S 142°56 ′ 39.73 ″ E, 6 Sept. 2000 ; 2/3/0, Swamp Chili Beach, Iron Range NP, 7 Sept. 2000 ; 0/1/0, Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, 16°54.177 ′ S 145°44.965 ′ E, 17 Oct. 2005 ; 5/4/0, Pandanus Creek, Cathu State Forest, 20°47.904 ′ S 148°32.658 ′ E, 24 Oct. 2005 ; 0/1/0, Coen River, Coen, 13°56.175 ′ S 143°11.988 ′ E, alt. 192 m asl, 19 Oct. 2014 ; 1/3/0, Double Creek West, S of Mt Elliot, 19°34.610 ′ S 147°01.977 ′ E, alt. 41 m asl, 10 Nov. 2014; 2/1/0, Spring Creek, N of Woolooga, 25°44.497 ′ S 152°14.442 ′ E, alt. 111 m asl, 18 Nov. 2014. Northern Territory. 0/1/0, Caranbirini Waterhole, 16°16.279 ′ S 136°04.837 ′ E, 6 Oct. 2005. Western Australia. 1/0/0, pond Snake Creek, Millstream-Chichester NP, 21°20 ′ 39.86 ″ S 117°14 ′ 30.34 ″ E, 17 Aug. 1994.

Distribution — A widespread species, reported from SE-Asia, New Caledonia and New Guinea. Within Australia previously known from Queensland, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and reported here for the first time from Western Australia.