Gretacarus tuberipalpis Smit, 1998

Smit, Harry, 2016, The water mite genus Gretacarus K. O. Viets, 1978 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Mideopsidae: Gretacarinae), with the description of three new species, Zootaxa 4121 (2), pp. 159-166 : 164

Gretacarus tuberipalpis Smit, 1998

Material examined. Northern Territory. 1/0/0, Umbrawarra Gorge, Umbrawarra Gorge NP, 13º 57.892 S 131º 41.620 E, 1-x-2005; 3/10/0, Lily Pond, Katherine Gorge, Nitmiluk NP, 14º 18.801 S 132º 28.326 E, 3-x-2005.

Remarks. Known from the Northern Territory and Western Australia. Females have a relatively large gonopore, 120–132 long (n = 5), ratio length ventral shield/length gonopore is 3.1-3.5. In G. clodus , another small species, the gonopore is 106–110 long (n = 5), and the ratio length ventral shield/length gonopore is 4.0–4.4.