Zelandobates clevatus Cook, 1983

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2020, New records of water mites from New Zealand, with the description of three new genera and ten new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), Acarologia 60 (4), pp. 903-950 : 916

Zelandobates clevatus Cook, 1983

New record. North Island. 0/1/0, Whirinaki River, Urewera National Park, 38°34.008 ′ S 176°46.402 ′ E, alt. 296 m asl, 8­xii­2014 ; 0/6/0, Mangapae Stream, Urewera National Park, 38°38.072 ′ S 176°52.500 ′ E, alt. 476 m asl, 8­xii­2014 ; 2/9/1, Kuripango River, 39°23.658 ′ S 176°19.701 ′ E, alt. 458 m asl, 9­xii­2014 ; 0/18/0, Waikare River crossing Wairoa­Napier Road, 39°07.731 ′ S 176°59.841 ′ E, alt. 7 m asl, 9­xii­2014 ; 0/4/0, Mangateitei Stream, Ohakune, 39°25.189 ′ S 175°24.188 ′ E, alt. 586 m asl, 11­xii­2014 ; 0/1/0, Tributary of Wairere Stream, Tongariro National Park, 39°11.834 ′ S 175°32.785 ′ E, alt. 1103 m asl, 12­xii­2014 ; 0/1/1, Whakapapanui River, upstream of visitors centre, Tongariro National Park, 39°12.364 ′ S 175°32.492 ′ E, alt. 1150 m asl, 12­xii­2014.

Distribution. Previously known from three localities from North and South Island.