Limnesia (Limnesia) ekama Cook 1986

Limnesia (Limnesia) ekama Cook, 1986 New records — Tasmania. 1/1/0, unnamed creek at crossing of Rosendale Road, 2.5 km off Tasman Highway, Bicheno, 19 Oct. 1997 ; 0/1/0, Betka River at crossing with Stony Creek Road, SW of Genoa, 24 Oct. 1997. Victoria. 2/3/2, Aire River at Aire Crossing, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38°42.190′ S 143°28.536′ E, 202 m a.s.l., 1 Apr. 2008. New South Wales. 0/1/0, tributary of Sawyers Creek, N of Kangaroo Valley, 6 Nov. 2001. Queensland. 0/1/0, Lacey Creek, Mission Beach, 17 Sept. 2000 ; 2/2/0, Babinda River, Wooroonooran NP, 17°20.484′ S 145°52.113′ E, 16 Oct. 2005 ; 1/0/0, Tully River at campground, Tully Gorge NP, 17°46.280′ S 145°39.073′ E, 86 m a.s.l., 4 Nov. 2014. Distribution — Previously known from Tasmania and New South Wales (Cook 1986) and reported here for the first time from Victoria and Queensland.
Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2022, New records of water mites of the family Limnesiidae Thor from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with the description of seven new species, pp. 193-222 in Acarologia 62 (1) on page 196, DOI: 10.24349/yu9v-w0lf, http://zenodo.org/record/7160186
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