Procorticacarus pachydermis ( Cook, 1986 )

Smit, Harry & Pešić, Vladimir, 2025, New records of hygrobatid water mites from SE Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia Hygrobatidae) with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 5566 (3), pp. 481-521 : 512

Procorticacarus pachydermis ( Cook, 1986)

Figure 15

Material examined. New South Wales. 1/0/0, Gloucester River at picnic area, Barrington Tops NP, 32°05.851 S 151°35.453 E, 1149 m asl, 12-i-2024 ; 0/1/0, Snowy River at crossing with summit walk, Kosciuszko NP, 36°27.490 S 148°17.642 E, 1940 m asl, 8-ii-2024 ; 0/3/0, Snowy River at Foremans Crossing, Kosciuszko NP, 36°25.812 S 148°19.342 E, 1725 m asl, 9-ii-2024 ; 0/1/0, Leatherbarrel Creek , crossing Alpine Way, Kosciuszko NP, 36°31.523 S 148°11.626 E, 975 m asl, 10-ii-2024 ; 1/0/0, Swampy Plains River at Geehi Flats Picnic Area , Kosciuszko NP, 36°23.121 S 148°10.845 E, 435 m asl, 11-ii-2024 .

Distribution. Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.

Remarks. The morphology of the examined females agrees well with Cook’s description of P. pachydermis . In the specimen from the Leatherbarrel Creek the medial pair of glandularia posterior to postocularia plate are separate from the platelet ( Figure 15 ). Cook (1986) mentioned that the latter pair of glandularia in the female tends to be separate from the medial dorsalia, or are fused on one side only.

Figures

FIGURE 15. Procorticacarus pachydermis (Cook, 1986), female: photograph of dorsum.