Aspidiobates geometricus Cook 1986
Creators: name: Smit, Harry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Hygrobatidae
Aspidiobates
Aspidiobates geometricus

description: Aspidiobates geometricus Cook, 1986
Material examined. Victoria. 0/2/0, Stringers Creek upstream of Walhalla, 37°56.006 S 146°26.926 E, alt. 360 m asl, 9-iii-2008; 1/2/0, Cambell River upstream of caravan park, Great Otway Ranges NP, 38°34.335 S 143°56.731 E, 31-iii-2008; 0/1/0, same location, hyporheic, 31-iii-2008. New South Wales. 1/1/0, Upper Kangaroo River, N of Kangaroo Valley, no gps data, 7-xi-2001; 1/0/0, Bola Creek at Bola Creek Picnic Area, Royal NP, no gps data, 8-xi- 2001; 0/4/0, Orara River along Upper Orara Road, 30°15.634 S 153°01.175 E, alt. 76 m asl, 7-xi-2003; 0/1/0, Cool Creek, 30°26.814 S 152° 37.124 E, 22-xi-2003; 2/0/0, Rosewood River at crossing with Little North Arm Road, near Thora, 30°24.133 S 152°46.380 E, 22-xi-2003; 0/2/0, Little Wonder Creek near end of Buckra-Bendinni Road, 30°30.034 S 152°39.387 E, 23-xi-2003; 1/3/0, Never Never Creek near Tallywood Point, 30°21.624 S 152°54.269 E, alt. 45 m asl, 23-xi-2003; 1/0/0, Nulla Nulla Creek near Nulla Nulla Picnic Area, no gps data, 24-xi- 2003; 0/4/0, Small unnamed creek below summit of Mt Kosciuszko, Mt Kosciuszko NP, 36°27.322 S, 148°15.929 E, alt. 2178 m asl, 7-xii-2003; 1/0/0, Unnamed creek at crossing with Wyndham-Candelo road, NE Forests NP, no gps data, 11-xii-2003; 1/0/0, Lake Creek at Lake Creek Camping Area, Wadbilliga NP, no gps data, 13-xii-2003; 6/ 7/0, Sugarloaf Creek at crossing with Misty Mountain Road, Monga NP, 35°33’44,70” S 150°0’48,61” E, 15-xii- 2003; 2/1/0, Cabbage Tree Creek at crossing with Kings Highway, 35°34.367 S 150°02.537 E, alt. 260 m asl, 16- xii-2003; 3/0/0, Carters Creek at crossing with Western Distributor Road, 35°30.914 S 150°03.546 E, alt. 187 m asl, 16-xii-2003; 10/8/0, Hortons Creek at crossing with road Grafton-Armidale, 30°00.006 S 152°40.952 E, 6-xi- 2005; 15/6, Never Never Creek at Tallywood Point, 30°21.624 S 152°54.269 E, 7-xi-2005. Queensland. 1/0/0, Dalrymple Creek, Goomburra State Forest, 27°58.781 S 152°20.621 E, alt. 690 m asl, 17-xi-2003; 4/4/0, Kauri Creek, Danbulla State Forest, 17°08.056 S 145°35.892 E, alt. 700 m asl, 13-x-2005; 1/0/0, Whyanbeel Creek, N of Mossman, 16°22.205 S 145°19.633 E, alt. 143 m asl, 15-x-2005; 0/1/0, Behana Creek, S of Gordonvale, Wooroonooran NP, 17°10.705 S 145°49.750 E, 16-x-2005; 1/0/0, Henrietta Creek, Wooroonooran NP, 17°35.884 S 145°45.548 E, alt. 390 m asl, 19-x-2005; 4/5/1, Lacey Creek, Mission Beach, 17°51.068 S 146°03.871 E, alt. 81 m asl, 20-x-2005; 17/31/0, Birthday Creek, Paluma Range NP, 18°58.799 S 146°10.012 E, 21-x-2005; 1/2/0, Rawson Creek, Eungella NP, no gps data, 25-x-2005; 4/3/0, Mickey Creek downstream of confluence with Warrumbah Creek, Carnarvon NP, 25°4’51,49” S 148°15’9,86” E, 28-x-2005; 1/2/0, Helhole Gorge, Carnarvon NP, 25°3’24,82” S 148°12’42,63´E, 29-x-2005; 1/3/0, Violet Creek, Carnarvon NP, no gps data, 29-x-2005; 0/1/0, Carnarvon Creek upstream of confluence with Moss Gorge, Carnarvon NP, 25°03.075 S 148°12.697 E, alt. 430 m asl, 29-x-2005; 1/0/0, Kongaboola Creek before confluence with Carnarvon Creek, Carnarvon NP, no gps data, 29- x-2005; 0/1/0, Anamoor Creek at Anamoor Campground, Anamoor State Forest, 26°21.579 S 152°33.385 E, alt. 119 m asl, 2-xi-2005; 1/0/0, Buaraba Creek, Ravensbourne NP, no gps data, 4-xi-2005; 1/1/0, Dalrymple Creek, Goomburra Forest Reserve, 27°58.781 S 152°20.621 E, 5-xi-2005; 2/4/0, Clohesy River near Fig Tree, Dinden NP, 16°56.140 S 145°37.033 E, alt. 442 m asl, 30-x-2014; 0/2/0, Mulgrave River near outflow of Kearneys Creek, Wooroonooran NP, 17°14.430 S 145°46.456 E, alt. 69 m asl, 1-xi-2014; 0/1/0, Stream downstream of Kearney Falls, Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran NP, 17°14.286 S 145°46.907 E, alt. 139 m asl, 1-xi-2014; 2/4/0, Unnamed creek with big boulders, Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran NP, 17°15.959 S 145°47.118 E, alt. 105 m asl, 2-xi-2014; 0/2/0, Unnamed creek Goldsborough Valley, Wooroonooran NP, 17°15.703 S 145°46.983 E, alt. 113 m asl, 2-xi-2014; 0/1/0, Gooligan Creek at crossing with Palmerston Highway, Wooroonooran NP, 17°36.267 S 145°45.726 E, alt. 370 m asl, 7-xi-2014; 0/1/0, Birthday Creek, upstream of falls, Paluma Range NP, 18°58.559 S 146°09.498 E, alt. 786 m asl, 9-xi-2014.
Remarks. The most common of the Australian Aspidiobates species, occurring in eastern and south-eastern Australia (Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland).
description: Published as part of Smit, Harry, 2019, The water mite genus Aspidiobates Lundblad, 1941 from Australia (Acari: Hydrachnidia: Hygrobatidae) with the description of two new species, pp. 115-122 in Zootaxa 4550 (1) on pages 116-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4550.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2625171