Dropursa babinda Cook, 1986

Smit, Harry, 2013, New records of water mites mainly from Vogelkop, New Guinea (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of one new genus and thirteen new species, Zootaxa 3716 (2), pp. 207-235 : 219

Dropursa babinda Cook, 1986

Material examined. 0/1/0, unnamed creek crossing road Arso-Senggi, Papua Province, 3° 0 3.020 S 140° 50.685 E, alt. 107 m asl, 29-x-2011; 0/1/0, stream ± 3 km S of Mokwam, West Papua province, 1° 0 5.877 S 133° 54.223 E, alt. 1637 m asl, 8-xi-2011; 0/1/0, unnamed creek crossing road Mokwam – Manokwari, West Papua Province, 0° 59.596 S 133° 53.390 E, alt. 1320 m asl, 10-xi-2011; unnamed creek crossing road to Mokwam, West Papua Province, 1° 0 0.608 S 133° 53.863 E, alt. 1480 m asl, 10-xi-2011; 0/2/0 (0/1/0 mounted), “Waterfall Creek”, Manokwari, West Papua Province, 0° 52.888 S 134° 0 2.628 E, alt. 23 m asl, 11-xi-2011; 1/2/0, stream Wasai, SW of Manokwari, West Papua province, New Guinea, Indonesia, 0° 55.563 S 133° 58.380 E, alt. 27 m asl, 12-xi-2011; 1/1/0, River at Warkapi, S of Manokwari, West Papua Province, 1° 0 9.978 S 134° 0 7.028 E, alt. 101 m asl, 13-xi- 2011; 1/0/0, stream at Demaisi, West Papua Province, 1° 10.405 S 133° 53.548 E, alt. 1692 m asl, 14-xi-2011; 1/0/ 0, stream Ilik, near Lake Gita, Anggi Lakes, West Papua province, New Guinea, Indonesia, 17-xi-2011, 1° 21.423 S 133° 58.553 E, alt. 1912 m asl.; 0/1/0, River Asiti, W of Senopi, West Papua Province, 0° 51.469 S 132° 54.957 E, alt. 502 m asl, 22-xi-2011; 0/1/0, stream Dingin at Wosi, Manokwari, West Papua Province, 0° 51.487 S 134° 0 2.210 E, alt. 21 m, 26-xi-2011.

Remarks. Dropursa babinda is a widespread species in New Guinea, occurring in Papua New Guinea (Wiles 1997b), Papua province, Indonesia (Smit 2011) and Vogelkop (West Papua province, this paper). Moreover, the species occurs in Australia, where it is rare, and known from a few localities in Queensland (Cook 1986), Northern Territory and Western Australia (Smit 2001).