Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) stylatus Smit 2001 ...

• Main Author: Smit, Harry
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2015
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Arachnida; Trombidiformes; Hygrobatidae; Rhynchaustrobates; Rhynchaustrobates stylatus; Mackenzie River; Spencer Creek; Mackenzie river; Mite
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6116644; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6116644

Rhynchaustrobates (Rhynchaustrobates) stylatus Smit, 2001 (Fig 8 A) Material examined. Victoria. 0/1/0, Mackenzie River at Zumsteins Picnic Area, Grampians NP, 37º 0 5.565 S 142º 23.206 E, alt. 330 m asl, 16-iii-2008. New South Wales. 0/1/0, Spencer Creek, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36º 25.758 S 148º 21.574 E, alt. 1739 m asl, 5-xii-2003; 0/1/0, Clublake River before confluence with Snowy River, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36º 25.785 S 148º 19.290 E, alt. 1727 m asl, 7-xii-2003; 0/1/0, Leatherbarrel Creek at crossing with Alpine Way, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36º 31.559 S 148º 11.611 E, alt. 999 m asl, 8-xii-2003. Description. Female. Some additional measurements are given here. Idiosoma dorsally 494–567 long and 405–498 wide, ventrally 567–630 long. Postocularia platelets 40–42 long. The female from Spencer Creek has 4 + 5 acetabula, the extra acetabulum small, the female from Leatherbarrel Creek has 2 x 5 acetabula. The chelicere of the latter female is 340 long (holotype: 295), and the straight cheliceral claw is 160 long ... : Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2015, The water mite family Hygrobatidae Koch in Australia. The genera Aspidiobatella Cook, Australorivacarus Viets, Gondwanabates Imamura and Rhynchaustrobates Cook (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 567-583 in Zootaxa 4033 (4) on pages 577-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/232081 ...