Species Spinaturus ctenophorus Cook, 1986

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spinaturus ctenophorus Cook, D.R. 1986. Water mites from Australia. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 40: 1-568 [259-260].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, Nephele Creek on Argonaut Rd, 4 km west of St. Helens, Tasmania.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♀, Gang Gang Creek, west of Adaminaby, New South Wales; FMNH ♂ (same data as holotype).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI)

General References

Boulton, A., Harvey, M. & Proctor, H. 2004. Of spates and species: responses by interstitial water mites to simulated spates in a subtropical Australian river. Experimental and Applied Acarology 34: 149–169 (as Spinaturus ctenophorus)

Harvey, M.S. 1998. The Australian Water Mites. A Guide to the Families and Genera. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 150 pp. (as Spinaturus ctenophorus)

Viets, K.O. 1987. Die Milben des Süsswassers (Hydrachnellae und Halacaridae (Part.), Acari). 2. Katalog. Berlin : Paul Parey 1012 pp. (as Spinaturus ctenophorus)

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