Oxus (Flabellifrontipoda) zelandicus ( Hopkins, 1975 )

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 : 912-913

Oxus (Flabellifrontipoda) zelandicus ( Hopkins, 1975)

New records. North Island. 0/1/0, Kakekino Stream, crossing Taihape­Napier Road, 39°24.426 ′ S 176°18.231 ′ E, alt. 502 m asl, 90­xii­2014. South Island. 1/0, Mineral Reserve Creek 1 upper course, Taipare Bay, 41°01.404 ′ S 173°43.663 ′ E, alt. 198 m, 21­xii­2018 ; 1/1/0, unnamed stream beyond end of Haupiri Amuri Road, Moana, 42°33.483 ′ S 171°56.563 ′ E, alt. 262 m asl, 29­iii­2020 ; 0/1/0, Nelson Creek Right Branch, Moana, 42°30.047 ′ S 171°41.617 ′ E, alt. 321 m asl, 2­iv­2020 ; 1/0/0, unnamed stream Flagstaff Road, Moana, 42°29.105 ′ S

171°43.719 ′ E, alt. 267 m asl, 4­iv­2020.

Distribution. Previously known from three localities from North Island, and here reported for the first time from South Island.